page_title: Mayres-Savel
hierarchical_section_title: Mayres-Savel
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Église de Mayres Savel (Isère).
context_page_description: Mayres-Savel is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Its inhabitants are called Mayrants or Mayrantes in French. It borders the communes of Marcieu to the west, Saint-Arey to the east and Prunières to the north.
  The largest alpine pasture in France, which is called Senépy and is at an altitude of 1769m, is within the boundaries of the commune. It hosts a herd of around 1000 cattle. Mayres-Savel is separated from Saint-Arey by a large ravine. At the border with Saint-Arey, but within the borders of the commune of Mayres-Savel is an unusual rock formation called 'La Demoiselle'. 'Demoiselle coiffée' is a French word for the rock formation called a hoodoo in English.
context_section_description: Mayres-Savel is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Its inhabitants are called Mayrants or Mayrantes in French. It borders the communes of Marcieu to the west, Saint-Arey to the east and Prunières to the north.
  The largest alpine pasture in France, which is called Senépy and is at an altitude of 1769m, is within the boundaries of the commune. It hosts a herd of around 1000 cattle. Mayres-Savel is separated from Saint-Arey by a large ravine. At the border with Saint-Arey, but within the borders of the commune of Mayres-Savel is an unusual rock formation called 'La Demoiselle' (which is French for 'The Maiden'). 'Demoiselle coiffée' is a French word for the rock formation called a hoodoo in English.
caption: The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Mayres, at the start of the 20th century
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