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Marolles-les-Buis

Eure-et-Loir · CC Terres de Perche · INSEE 28237

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 7.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 3 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marolles-les-Buis (INSEE 28237) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CC Terres de Perche. Population 205 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/28237-marolles-les-buis

Vitality score

Vitality score 7.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 3 % of the 16,110 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.4104.03
Housing mix0.451.99

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 240 peak 2007: 264 2023: 205 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 238 (2012) → 205 (2023): -13.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 227 (1990) → 205 (2023): -9.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 153, of which 30.1 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 3.3 km NE (Saintigny)Bakery — 5.7 km W (Sablons sur Huisne)Food shop — 7.2 km SE (Thiron-Gardais)GP — 7.2 km SE (Thiron-Gardais)Pharmacy — 8.9 km SW (Nogent-le-Rotrou)
Primary school — 3.3 km NEBakery — 5.7 km WFood shop — 7.2 km SEGP — 7.2 km SEPharmacy — 8.9 km SW 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 (Sablons sur Huisne): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Thiron-Gardais): 7.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Thiron-Gardais): 7.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Nogent-le-Rotrou): 8.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saintigny): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the NOGENT weather station, 10.1 km away at 131 m; the village itself is at 179 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at NOGENT, 10.1 km away at 131 m, over 16 summers. [12]

An average of 716 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at NOGENT, 10.1 km away at 131 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28237/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28237/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28237/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28237/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61116
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28387
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28280
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28331
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Linard-Malval23234 km S2065.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Épreville-en-Lieuvin2798 km N19912.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Appeville50198 km NW2008.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Bize65592 km S2088.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Arfeuille-Châtain23280 km SE19310.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Agnant-près-Crocq23304 km S1937.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Épreville-en-Lieuvin2798 km N19912.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Appeville50198 km NW2008.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Linard-Malval23234 km S2065.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Arfeuille-Châtain23280 km SE19310.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Agnant-près-Crocq23304 km S1937.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Bize65592 km S2088.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Marolles-les-Buis's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Linard-Malval23234 km S2065.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Épreville-en-Lieuvin2798 km N19912.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Chard23293 km SE2068.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Louvilliers-lès-Perche2831 km N20714.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Barrais-Bussolles03312 km SE1856.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-Raoul4144 km S23111.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %