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MaizillyLoire

A town of 317 in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Maizilly a good place to live?

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

Maizilly’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Maizilly’s story

No historic monuments in Maizilly

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

The nearest classé monument is Chapelle de la Colombière, in Chalon-sur-Saône, 1.7 mi away.

40% 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 Maizilly.

Who lives here

Few people in Maizilly are 15 to 24: 6.3%, fewer than in both Loire’s towns and compared French towns

Graduates make up 25% of adults. Children under 15 make up 19%, higher than both Loire’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Residents of Maizilly have a median age of 47.3.

47.3median age
MaizillyLoire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Maizilly
MaizillyLoire medianFrance median
Under 1519%17%17%
15–246.3%11%11%
25–4421%22%23%
45–6429%26%26%
65+24%25%22%
No diploma21%20%19%
CAP or BEP32%29%26%
Baccalauréat16%18%18%
Higher education25%28%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 1.5% of commuters in Maizilly go to work without a car, fewer than in both Loire’s towns and compared French towns

Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,280 a year. At the census, 2.4% of working residents in Maizilly didn’t travel to work at all. Of those in the labour force, 8.2% are unemployed.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving96%
On foot2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Maizilly, 0.1 per working resident
8.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,280
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
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 Maizilly costs less than in both Loire’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.34/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 7 homes were sold in Maizilly. A house rents for an estimated €7.86/m² a month.

€7.34/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Maizilly€7.34/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Loire median€10.17/m²
€7.34/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.70 to €9.46/m² a month)
€7.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Gatellier and 5 more in and around Maizilly

Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Maizilly. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Maizilly

12pages on Maizilly

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Maizilly

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

How we find them →

Maizilly’s neighbors

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

All towns in Loire →
CharlieuChauffaillesCoursPouilly-sous-CharlieuThizy-les-BourgsMablyCharlieuChauffaillesCoursPouilly-sous-CharlieuThizy-les-BourgsMablyMaizilly
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Maizilly317—————
Charlieu3,7663.7A−AC−B+
Chauffailles Saône-et-Loire3,6384.8AAC+B+
Cours Rhône4,3066.7A−A+B−C+
Pouilly-sous-Charlieu2,5886.8—A—A+
Thizy-les-Bourgs Rhône5,77110A−A+C+B
Mably7,23311B+A−C+B−

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

About Maizilly

Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Maizilly is a commune of 317 people in the Communauté de communes Charlieu-Belmont. 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
317 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Charlieu-Belmont
Département
Loire (42)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
2 sq mi (5.1 km²)
INSEE code
42131

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.