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MauzunPuy-de-Dôme

A town of 140 in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Mauzun a good place to live?

Mauzun has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 13% of its homes are second homes. Over-65s are only nearly a tenth of the population.

What makes Mauzun stand out

The 2 things Mauzun does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château fort de Mauzun
Château fort de Mauzun · Classé · Photo: Sylenius · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mauzun’s story

Mauzun in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Mauzun: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1970.

32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1970First protected: Château fort de Mauzun
  • 1996Most recently protected: Villa Le Chalay
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mauzun.

Who lives here

A younger town: only 8.6% of people in Mauzun are 65 or over, fewer than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns

Nearly half of adults hold a degree, above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Under-15s account for 16% of the population. At 42.3, the median resident of Mauzun sits in the middle of the age range.

42.3median age
MauzunPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma8%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education49%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Mauzun
MauzunPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Under 1516%16%17%
15–2411%9.7%11%
25–4426%22%23%
45–6438%26%26%
65+8.6%25%22%
No diploma7.6%16%19%
CAP or BEP27%26%26%
Baccalauréat15%18%18%
Higher education49%32%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Mauzun: 32% were built before 1919, more than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns

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

The earliest of these monuments dates from the 13th century. Among the classé monuments in Mauzun is Château fort de Mauzun. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

13th c.
oldest protected part
1970
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Mauzun has lower unemployment than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 3.7%

At the census, 2.5% of commuters got to work without a car. The median disposable income was €26,370 a year per consumption unit, near both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€27,050) and compared French towns (€25,970).

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
Public transport3%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Mauzun, 0.1 per working resident
3.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,370
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

Renting in Mauzun costs less than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.79/m² a month

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

House rents are put at about €8.06/m² a month. 7 houses and apartments changed hands in Mauzun from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.79/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Mauzun€8.79/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€11.00/m²
€8.79/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.22 to €10.70/m² a month)
€8.06/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 Mauzun and 5 more in and around Mauzun

Heritage in and near Mauzun. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Mauzun

12pages on Mauzun

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Mauzun: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Villa Le Chalay: Photo: Sylenius · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château fort de Mauzun: Photo: Sylenius · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Mauzun

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

How we find them →

Mauzun’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 Puy-de-Dôme →
BillomCourpièreVertaizonLezouxMur-sur-AllierVic-le-ComteBillomCourpièreVertaizonLezouxMur-sur-AllierVic-le-ComteMauzun
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Mauzun140—————
Billom4,8054.7B+ABC−
Courpière4,1666.6B+ABC−
Vertaizon3,5278.4B+BA+D
Lezoux6,5288.9AB+B+B+
Mur-sur-Allier3,1119.9—B—B−
Vic-le-Comte5,39610A+A−AB−

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

About Mauzun

Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Mauzun is a commune of 140 people in the Communauté de communes Billom Communauté. 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
140 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Billom Communauté
Département
Puy-de-Dôme (63)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
0.4 sq mi (1 km²)
INSEE code
63216

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 4, 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.