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A town of 194 in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Mautes a good place to live?

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

What makes Mautes stand out

The 2 things Mautes does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Martin
Église Saint-Martin · Inscrit · Photo: Phil-Vero.RR · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mautes’ story

Mautes in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Mautes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1968.

58% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1968First protected: Église Saint-Martin
  • 2009Most recently protected: Ferme du Boisqueyreau
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mautes.

Who lives here

Few people in Mautes are 15 to 24: 6.2%, fewer than in Creuse’s towns and compared French towns

In the comparison, Mautes comes below both Creuse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 34% of residents.

55.4median age
MautesCreuse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat27%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Mautes
MautesCreuse medianFrance median
Under 1516%12%17%
15–246.2%11%11%
25–4418%19%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+34%32%22%
No diploma21%24%19%
CAP or BEP27%28%26%
Baccalauréat27%17%18%
Higher education19%24%30%

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

History

Mautes keeps more of its old housing than Creuse or compared French towns: 58% built before 1919

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

For Mautes, that is above both Creuse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Mautes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
12th c.
oldest protected part
1968
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Mautes walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Creuse’s towns or compared French towns: 2.5%

Mautes sits below both Creuse’s towns (21.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. The median disposable income is €20,790 a year per consumption unit. Mautes has 50 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.6 per worker.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Mautes, 0.6 per working resident
13.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,790
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
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 Mautes costs less than in Creuse’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.62/m² a month

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

That puts Mautes below both Creuse’s towns (€8.82/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€7.62/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Mautes€7.62/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Creuse median€8.82/m²
€7.62/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.92 to €9.80/m² a month)
€6.58/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 Mautes

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Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Mautes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Phil-Vero.RR · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Mautes

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

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Mautes’ 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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AubussonAubussonMautes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Mautes194—————
Aubusson3,01810C+ADD

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

About Mautes

Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Mautes is a commune of 194 people in the Communauté de communes Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine. 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
194 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine
Département
Creuse (23)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
8.7 sq mi (22.6 km²)
INSEE code
23127

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.