Maurs has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,156/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 8 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Maurs with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
INSEE, census 2023 · Cantal median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Unemployment in Maurs, 7.0%, runs below Cantal’s towns and compared French towns
That puts Maurs below both Cantal’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Maurs has 900 jobs for 850 working residents, 1.1 per worker. The median disposable income is €23,370 a year per consumption unit.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
On foot14%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
900
jobs based in Maurs, 1.1 per working resident
7.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,370
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 82% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Maurs’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 70% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 556 residents of Maurs died, against 442 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% more. Its care home for older people (125 places) counts its residents as Maurs’; allowing for it, deaths were 5% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw126
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Maurs · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Pierre Delpech Decazeville
19.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Henri Mondor Aurillac
84.4 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Cantal, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Maurs: 16% were built before 1919, more than in Cantal’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Maurs is above both Cantal’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Maurs: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Maurs is Église Saint-Césaire ou Saint-Sulpice.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Maurs
Is Maurs safe?
It has less crime per resident than 81% of compared French towns: an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 9.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It grades A− for safety.
Are schools in Maurs good?
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Maurs expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €9.31/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Maurs grades A for cost of living.
About Maurs
Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Maurs is a commune of 2,174 people in the Communauté de communes de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne. 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
2,174 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne
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.
