Ayrens is located some 15 km north-west of Aurillac and 5 km north of Saint-Paul-des-Landes. Access to the commune is by road D52 from Teissières-de-Cornet in the south-east which passes through the village and continues west then south to join the D120 north-east of Laroquebrou. The D53 comes from Saint-Paul-des-Landes in the south and also passes through the village before continuing north-east to join the D6 near the border of the commune. The D352 goes north from the village to join the D53 north of the commune. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of:
Les Baraques
Le Bos Niac
Boutonnet
Cels
Ciels
Colin
La Croix-Longue
Jammes
Le Mont
Renac
Selves
Serieys
Tannuies
La Tronque
The commune is mainly farmland with extensive forests in the northern part. The Ruisseau du Meyrou flows from the south-east through the south of the commune forming a small part of the western border before continuing north to join the Eize. The Ruisseau d'Ayrens rises in the east of the commune and flows west through the village to the join the Ruisseau du Meyrou on the western border of the commune. The Ruisseau de Braulle flows from the west of the commune through the centre north of the village to join the Ruisseau du Meyrou on the western border. The Ruisseau de Praniac rises in the north of the commune and forms part of the northern border as it flows west to join the Eize.
In 2010 the commune had 564 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.
Sites and Monuments
The Château de Clavières, built in the Troubadour style, was burnt down on 25 May 1936 and left in ruins.
The intersection of the Paris meridian and the 45th parallel north is in a field where four trees were planted on the occasion of the celebration of the Méridienne verte on 14 July 2000. The trees are arranged in a square whose vertices are directed toward the four cardinal points, which allows the determination of the exact intersection point.
Notable people linked to the commune
Cardinal Guillaume de La Jugie, restored then lived in the Château of Angouste in the 14th century.
Félix de la Salle de Rochemaure, French félibrige writer, lived in the Château of Clavières.
