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The town, home to 97 people, lies in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Mazoires has none. Holiday and other second homes account for just over a third of homes. It skews older: 29% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Mazoires does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Mazoires as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Alyre, in Saint-Alyre-ès-Montagne, 3.2 mi away.
73% 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 Mazoires.
Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). The median resident of Mazoires is 57 years old. The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.8%.
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Mazoires | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 14% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 35% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 27% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
For its 50 residents in work, Mazoires has 50 jobs: 1 each. At the census, nearly a quarter of working residents in Mazoires didn’t travel to work at all. Bus, tram or train carried 2.1% of working residents in Mazoires to work 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 €6.59/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 5 homes in Mazoires.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Mazoires 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 Mazoires 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mazoires | 97 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sainte-Florine Haute-Loire | 3,283 | 13 | A− | A | A− | C− |
| Brassac-les-Mines | 3,412 | 13 | B | A | B− | C |
| Issoire | 15,115 | 14 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Brioude Haute-Loire | 6,527 | 17 | B− | A | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Mazoires is a commune of 97 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Agglo Pays d'Issoire. 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.