Marchenoir
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 51.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Marchenoir (INSEE 41123) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC Beauce Val de Loire. Population 677 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 51.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 93 % of the 16,558 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 | 0.63 | 25 | 15.8 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.43 | 10 | 4.32 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.58 | 10 | 5.8 |
| Housing mix | 0.79 | 5 | 3.97 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON VERDOUX). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE RICHARDEAU). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COCCINELLE EXPRESS). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LE BAR DES SPORTS). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ESTELLE CARON, MÉDECIN · LUCIE PINAULT, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPEXE SPORTIF). [3]
1 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE VAL DE FRANCE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (O SALON DE LOLA). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | MAISON VERDOUX | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE RICHARDEAU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | COCCINELLE EXPRESS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE BAR DES SPORTS | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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) | 2 | ESTELLE CARON, MÉDECIN · LUCIE PINAULT, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [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 | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPEXE SPORTIF | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 1 | CREDIT AGRICOLE VAL DE FRANCE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 1 | O SALON DE LOLA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 664 (2012) → 677 (2023): 2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 627 (1990) → 677 (2023): 8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 321, of which 10.3 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Marchenoir): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Marchenoir): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Marchenoir): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Mer): 15.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Marchenoir): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST-LEONARD-EN-B weather station, 3.5 km away at 126 m; the village itself is at 134 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at OUZOUER-ARVALIS, 13 km away at 129 m, over 12 summers. [10]
An average of 649 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST-LEONARD-EN-B, 3.5 km away at 126 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
53 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 112,200 € — 1,039 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Loir-et-Cher is 1,214 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41123/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41123/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41123/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41123/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 41123
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 41136
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menars | 41 | 20 km S | 609 | 54.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Almenêches | 61 | 136 km NW | 638 | 59.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Noyers-Saint-Martin | 60 | 203 km N | 887 | 54.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Domats | 89 | 128 km E | 779 | 50.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Laveline-devant-Bruyères | 88 | 401 km E | 581 | 42.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lépanges-sur-Vologne | 88 | 394 km E | 844 | 41.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menars | 41 | 20 km S | 609 | 54.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Domats | 89 | 128 km E | 779 | 50.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Almenêches | 61 | 136 km NW | 638 | 59.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Noyers-Saint-Martin | 60 | 203 km N | 887 | 54.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lépanges-sur-Vologne | 88 | 394 km E | 844 | 41.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 % |
| Laveline-devant-Bruyères | 88 | 401 km E | 581 | 42.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Marchenoir'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.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menars | 41 | 20 km S | 609 | 54.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nouans-les-Fontaines | 37 | 77 km S | 672 | 50.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Chapelle-d'Angillon | 18 | 93 km SE | 606 | 35.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Monthureux-sur-Saône | 88 | 342 km E | 857 | 60.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vallenay | 18 | 135 km SE | 687 | 39.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Neuvy-Sautour | 89 | 180 km E | 873 | 55.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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