Mayres-Savel (French pronunciation: [mɛʁ savɛl]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

The largest alpine pasture in France, which is called Senépy and is at an altitude of 1769m, is within the boundaries of the commune.

'Demoiselle coiffée' is a French word for the rock formation called a hoodoo in English.

[5] The Chateau de Savel, at the centre of the eponymous seigneurie ( or fiefdom), was described as a fortified house by Raymond del Sers in a census from 1399 who said "quod dictum castrum non nomiauitur castrum I sed domum fortem" which approximately translates to "as for the castle, it is not called a castle but a fortified house."

[7] The old bridge across the Drac, the mountain tributary which marked out the limit of the fiefdom, was knocked down in 1720 to isolate the village and protect its inhabitants from the plague.