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A town of 317 in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Mazerier a good place to live?

Mazerier is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Mazerier stand out

The 2 things Mazerier does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Saturnin
Église Saint-Saturnin · Classé · Photo: Tabl-trai · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mazerier’s story

Mazerier in pictures

Mazerier has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1929.

20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1929First protected: Château de Langlard
  • 2021Most recently protected: Château de la Motte
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Nearby attractions

Château de La Motte-Mazerier and 24 more in and around Mazerier

Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Mazerier. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mazerier.

Who lives here

Mazerier has fewer young adults than Allier’s towns or compared French towns: 6.3% are 15 to 24

People 65 and over make up 31% of the town. 13% are under 15, lower than both Allier’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 27% of adults.

51.2median age
MazerierAllier medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Mazerier
MazerierAllier medianFrance median
Under 1513%14%17%
15–246.3%9.3%11%
25–4421%19%23%
45–6429%27%26%
65+31%30%22%
No diploma12%24%19%
CAP or BEP32%29%26%
Baccalauréat16%17%18%
Higher education27%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Allier median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Mazerier keeps more of its old housing than Allier or compared French towns: 20% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Mazerier has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Église Saint-Saturnin. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 11th century.

4historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit3

Among them · Classé

11th c.
oldest protected part
1929
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Unemployment in Mazerier, 6.3%, runs below Allier’s towns and compared French towns

At the census, 5.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Allier’s towns (12.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per resident in work, Mazerier counts 0.2 jobs (50 jobs, 150 workers). The median disposable income is €27,020 a year per consumption unit.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Mazerier, 0.2 per working resident
6.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,020
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

73.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 14 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

At the lycées within 5 km of Mazerier, 87.0% passed the bac, below Allier’s towns (90.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The nearest general lycée is 12 mi away. For collège, the closest is 2.7 mi away.

73.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Mazerier73.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Mazerier87.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Joseph HennequinNearest collègeCollègeCollège7373%−14 pts
Lycée professionnel Gustave EiffelNearest lycéeVocational lycéeVocational lycée6187%+2 pts
87%
passed the vocational bac, +2 pts against the expected rate
73.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −14 pts against the expected rate
2.7 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Mazerier is €8.57/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Renting a house costs an estimated €8.87/m² a month. Mazerier recorded 4 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.57/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Mazerier€8.57/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Allier median€9.45/m²
€8.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.53 to €11.24/m² a month)
€8.87/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Mazerier

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Landmarks

Mazerier has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Viaduc de Neuvial (également sur commune de Bègues): Photo: Scanné par Claude_villetaneuse · Public domain · Église Saint-Saturnin: Photo: Tabl-trai · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Mazerier

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Mazerier yet.

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Mazerier’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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GannatAigueperseBellerive-sur-AllierVichyCreuzier-le-VieuxAbrestGannatAigueperseBellerive-sur-AllierVichyCreuzier-le-VieuxAbrestMazerier
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Mazerier317—————
Gannat5,6102B−AC+C+
Aigueperse Puy-de-Dôme2,6657.1—A—A+
Bellerive-sur-Allier8,94310CC+C+B
Vichy25,11511C−BDB−
Creuzier-le-Vieux3,20512AB−A+B+
Abrest2,91513B+A−A−C+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Mazerier

Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Mazerier is a commune of 317 people in the Communauté de communes Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.

Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries

Population
317 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne
Département
Allier (03)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
2.8 sq mi (7.3 km²)
INSEE code
03166

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.