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Home to 197 people, this town lies in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
At under 1,000 residents, Mayres is too small for the grades other French towns get. Second homes make up 38% of its housing. It skews older: 28% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Mayres does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Mayres as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de chemin du 16e siècle, in Arlanc, 2.5 mi away.
42% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mayres.
People 65 and over make up 28% of the town, higher than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by nearly a fifth of adults. Typical age in Mayres: 56.1, the median.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Mayres | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 3.6% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 26% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment runs at 7.6%. The median disposable income was €23,250 a year per consumption unit, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€27,050) and compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: just over a tenth of working residents in Mayres at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €7.17/m² a month. Sales in Mayres from July 2023 to June 2026: 16 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and gardens in and near Mayres. Best known first.
Nothing in Mayres is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Mayres yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Mayres is a commune of 197 people in the Communauté de communes Ambert Livradois Forez. 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
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.