Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−). 15% of homes here are second homes. Homes sell for a median €1,024/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Mazeyrat-d'Allier has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Mazeyrat-d'Allier 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Dolmen dit de Las Tombas de Las Fadas (la Tombe des Fées) · Classé · Photo: Raoul-chaton · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mazeyrat-d'Allier’s story
Mazeyrat-d'Allier in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Mazeyrat-d'Allier: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1862.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1862First protected: Dolmen dit de Las Tombas de Las Fadas (la Tombe des Fées)
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mazeyrat-d'Allier.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
On foot, Mazeyrat-d'Allier works less well than 100% of compared French towns
Of those in the labour force, 6.0% are unemployed. 2.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Haute-Loire’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Per resident in work, Mazeyrat-d'Allier counts 0.6 jobs (400 jobs, 700 workers).
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
400
jobs based in Mazeyrat-d'Allier, 0.6 per working resident
6.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,290
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: behind almost every compared French town
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Mortality in Mazeyrat-d'Allier, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Haute-Loire’s towns and compared French towns: 76 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Haute-Loire, women can expect to live 85.7 years and men 80 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 116 residents of Mazeyrat-d'Allier died, against 152 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Mazeyrat-d'Allier is Centre hospitalier de Brioude, 13.9 mi away.
−24%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw76
Adjusted76
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Mazeyrat-d'Allier · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Brioude
17.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier du Puy En Velay
85.7 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Mazeyrat-d'Allier keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 22% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Mazeyrat-d'Allier: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments here is Dolmen de Marjallat. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Few people in Mazeyrat-d'Allier are 15 to 24: 8.3%, fewer than in both Haute-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
Under-15s account for 14% of the population. Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree, below Haute-Loire’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Ages in Mazeyrat-d'Allier split evenly at 49.5: half are older, half younger.
49.5median age
Mazeyrat-d'AllierHaute-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Mazeyrat-d'Allier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
More of the graded crimes in Mazeyrat-d'Allier were criminal damage than anything else (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 6 offenses here in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 7.4.
3.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage6
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
Fraud8
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
3.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
57.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 57.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de Cluzel and 4 more in and around Mazeyrat-d'Allier
Heritage and museums in and near Mazeyrat-d'Allier. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Mazeyrat-d'Allier: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mazeyrat-d'Allier
Is Mazeyrat-d'Allier safe?
Mazeyrat-d'Allier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Mazeyrat-d'Allier expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mazeyrat-d'Allier grades A+ for cost of living.
About Mazeyrat-d'Allier
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Mazeyrat-d'Allier is a commune of 1,432 people in the Communauté de communes des Rives du Haut Allier. 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
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.
