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Home to 649 people, this town lies in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Maslives a good place to live?

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

Domaine de Chambord
Domaine de Chambord · Classé · Photo: Fab5669 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maslives’ story

Maslives in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Maslives counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 2017.

16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2017First protected: Domaine de Chambord
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Nearby attractions

Château de Chambord and 11 more in and around Maslives

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Maslives. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maslives.

History

Maslives keeps more of its old housing than Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919

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

Among the classé monuments in Maslives is Domaine de Chambord.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

16th c.
oldest protected part
2017
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

Maslives has fewer young adults than Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7% are 15 to 24

Children under 15 make up 18%, higher than both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: 24% of residents are 65 or older. Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults.

45.9median age
MaslivesLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Maslives
MaslivesLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median
Under 1518%15%17%
15–246.7%8.9%11%
25–4425%19%23%
45–6427%27%26%
65+24%30%22%
No diploma17%25%19%
CAP or BEP33%30%26%
Baccalauréat20%16%18%
Higher education26%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Maslives, 5.6%, runs below Loir-et-Cher’s towns and compared French towns

Jobs based in Maslives number 100, against 300 residents in work (0.3 per worker). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 2.7% of commuters at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €26,340 a year per consumption unit, higher than Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€24,980) and near compared French towns (€25,970).

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Maslives, 0.3 per working resident
5.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,340
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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Maslives than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.60/m² a month

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

Maslives recorded 15 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.60/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Maslives€9.60/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Loir-et-Cher median€10.23/m²
€9.60/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.66 to €12.03/m² a month)
€10.29/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 Maslives

12pages on Maslives

Landmarks

Maslives has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Domaine de Chambord: Photo: Fab5669 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Maslives

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

How we find them →

Maslives’ neighbors

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

All towns in Loir-et-Cher →
MerMont-près-ChambordVineuilLa Chaussée-Saint-VictorSaint-Gervais-la-ForêtVillebarouMerMont-près-ChambordVineuilLa Chaussée-Saint-VictorSaint-Gervais-la-ForêtVillebarouMaslives
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Maslives649—————
Mer6,2505C−A−DC+
Mont-près-Chambord3,3865.3A+A−AA−
Vineuil8,0645.6CB−CC−
La Chaussée-Saint-Victor4,4715.9B+B−B−A−
Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt3,1807.2A−B−B−A−
Villebarou2,5847.3—B—B−

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

About Maslives

Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire

Maslives is a commune of 649 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Chambord. 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
649 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Grand Chambord
Département
Loir-et-Cher (41)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
2.8 sq mi (7.3 km²)
INSEE code
41129

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 November 9, 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.