Marolles

Loir-et-Cher · CA de Blois ''Agglopolys'' · INSEE 41128

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

Few services 20.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marolles (INSEE 41128) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CA de Blois ''Agglopolys''. Population 714 (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/41128-marolles

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 16,322 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.51	10	5.08
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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”.

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

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

1 × Library (POINT-LECTURE DE MAROLLES). ^[3]

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, Restaurant, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	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	POINT-LECTURE DE MAROLLES	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 460 peak 2012: 747 2023: 714 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 747 (2012) → 714 (2023): -4.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 708 (1990) → 714 (2023): 0.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 356, of which 2 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.6 km NPharmacy — 2.5 km SFood shop — 2.6 km SBakery — 2.9 km SEGP — 4.2 km SE 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 (Villebarou): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villebarou): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Chaussée-Saint-Victor): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villebarou): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Marolles): 0.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.8

Days at or below 0 °C 44.1

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BLOIS weather station, 7.9 km away at 119 m; the village itself is at 109 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BLOIS, 7.9 km away at 119 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 650 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BLOIS, 7.9 km away at 119 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 — 41128/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41128/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41128/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41128/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41276
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41047
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41128
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
Chenebier	70	405 km E	701	21.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Quesques	62	343 km N	720	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Nonglard	74	407 km SE	733	26.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Helfrantzkirch	68	458 km E	737	21.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Catenay	76	208 km N	702	22.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Chéry-lès-Pouilly	02	280 km NE	742	21.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Catenay	76	208 km N	702	22.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Chéry-lès-Pouilly	02	280 km NE	742	21.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Quesques	62	343 km N	720	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Chenebier	70	405 km E	701	21.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Nonglard	74	407 km SE	733	26.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Helfrantzkirch	68	458 km E	737	21.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · 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 Marolles'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
Champdeuil	77	152 km NE	739	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Diors	36	99 km SE	756	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Fouju	77	151 km NE	655	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Monthoiron	86	114 km SW	673	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Jumeauville	78	145 km N	638	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Villeconin	91	114 km NE	766	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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