Marolles

Calvados · CA Lisieux Normandie · INSEE 14403

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 33.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marolles (INSEE 14403) is in Calvados (14), part of CA Lisieux Normandie. Population 749 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/14403-marolles

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 16,052 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.83	10	8.26
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.43

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CHARLOTTE ET PAPILLES'HOT). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (DE MECHE AVEC SYLVIE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	CHARLOTTE ET PAPILLES'HOT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	DE MECHE AVEC SYLVIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 412 peak 2017: 768 2023: 749 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 744 (2012) → 749 (2023): 0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 565 (1990) → 749 (2023): 32.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 402, of which 15.7 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.9 km WGP — 5.4 km EBakery — 6.0 km EPharmacy — 6.0 km E Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Thiberville): 6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Courtonne-la-Meurdrac): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Thiberville): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Thiberville): 6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Marolles): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.2

Days at or below 0 °C 47.2

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LISIEUX_SAPC weather station, 11 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 166 m. ^[11]

The village sits 104 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

An average of 914 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MAROLLES, 0.7 km away at 155 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14403/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14403/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14403/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14403/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 27629
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14193
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14403
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Béduer	46	521 km S	749	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 81 %
Bazoches-sur-Guyonne	78	116 km E	721	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 88 %
Cercier	74	549 km SE	734	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 61 %
Arignac	09	703 km S	719	28.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 66 %
Buthiers	77	178 km SE	792	32.2	Few services	no figures
Villers-Saint-Frambourg-Ognon	60	165 km E	726	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bazoches-sur-Guyonne	78	116 km E	721	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 88 %
Villers-Saint-Frambourg-Ognon	60	165 km E	726	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
Buthiers	77	178 km SE	792	32.2	Few services	no figures
Béduer	46	521 km S	749	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 81 %
Cercier	74	549 km SE	734	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 61 %
Arignac	09	703 km S	719	28.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 66 %

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