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MaurinesCantal

102 residents make their home in this town in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Maurines a good place to live?

Maurines has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 46% of homes here are second homes. Over-65s are 31% of the population.

What makes Maurines stand out

The 2 things Maurines does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Maurines’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Maurines’ story

No historic monuments in Maurines

The Culture ministry lists no building in Maurines as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Croix de chemin, in Saint-Juéry, 3 mi away.

37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maurines.

Who lives here

Few people in Maurines are 15 to 24: 7.1%, fewer than in Cantal’s towns and across compared French towns

The under-15s are 12% of the population here. People 65 and over make up 31% of the town, higher than both Cantal’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 16% of adults.

56.5median age
MaurinesCantal medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat28%
Higher education16%

Women and men · all residents

42% women, 58% men

About 74 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Maurines
MaurinesCantal medianFrance median
Under 1512%12%17%
15–247.1%10%11%
25–4417%20%23%
45–6432%27%26%
65+31%28%22%
No diploma20%20%19%
CAP or BEP33%27%26%
Baccalauréat28%19%18%
Higher education16%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Maurines are out of work than in Cantal’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.5%

9.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Cantal’s towns (17.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%).

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
On foot9%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Maurines, 0.5 per working resident
6.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Maurines costs less than in Cantal’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.24/m² a month

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

Sales in Maurines from July 2023 to June 2026: 4 houses and apartments.

€8.24/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Maurines€8.24/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Cantal median€9.36/m²
€8.24/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.32 to €10.75/m² a month)
€7.00/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 Maurines

11pages on Maurines

Landmarks

Nothing in Maurines is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Maurines

One notable person was born in Maurines.

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Maurines’ neighbors

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

All towns in Cantal →
Saint-Chély-d'ApcherSaint-FlourSaint-Chély-d'ApcherSaint-FlourMaurines
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Maurines102—————
Saint-Chély-d'Apcher Lozère3,95510A+B+B+A−
Saint-Flour6,39112A+ABB+

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

About Maurines

Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Maurines is a commune of 102 people in the Saint-Flour Communauté. 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
102 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Saint-Flour Communauté
Département
Cantal (15)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
5.6 sq mi (14.5 km²)
INSEE code
15121

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.