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It is a town of 719 residents in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Mazaye has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 18% of its homes are second homes.
The one thing Mazaye does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Mazaye as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Restes de l'enceinte de la ville, in Pontgibaud, 3.5 mi away.
20% 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 Mazaye.
People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and close to compared French towns (22%). 19% of residents are children under 15. Among adults, 42% have a degree.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Mazaye | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.5% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
The census found 5.2% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Jobs based in Mazaye number 100, against 350 residents in work (0.2 per worker). At the census, 2.3% of working residents in Mazaye didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 23 homes were sold in Mazaye.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Mazaye 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 Mazaye yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mazaye | 719 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Orcines | 3,609 | 6.9 | B+ | B− | A− | C+ |
| Saint-Genès-Champanelle | 4,066 | 8.1 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Royat | 4,479 | 8.6 | B | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Sayat | 2,529 | 8.9 | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Chamalières | 17,509 | 9.2 | B | C+ | C | B+ |
| Ceyrat | 6,592 | 9.6 | A | C | A | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Mazaye is a commune of 719 people in the Communauté de communes Dômes Sancy Artense. 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.