Maringes

Loire · CC des Monts du Lyonnais · INSEE 42138

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 43.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Maringes (INSEE 42138) is in Loire (42), part of CC des Monts du Lyonnais. 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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42138-maringes

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.96	10	9.59
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FOURNIL D'AURELIEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE MOTTET). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LES BLES). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MARINGES FOURNIL D AURELIEN RP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (SALON CECILE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	FOURNIL D'AURELIEN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	LE MOTTET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LES BLES	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	1	MARINGES FOURNIL D AURELIEN RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	SALON CECILE	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: 478 2023: 677 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 665 (2012) → 677 (2023): 1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 464 (1990) → 677 (2023): 45.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 308, of which 4.5 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.8 km NEGP — 4.0 km SEPharmacy — 4.0 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 (Maringes): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Meys): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chazelles-sur-Lyon): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Chazelles-sur-Lyon): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Maringes): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.5

Days at or below 0 °C 72.4

Muggy days a summer 9.6

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHAZELLES-LYON weather station, 4 km away at 632 m; the village itself is at 620 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at FEURS, 12.6 km away at 347 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 273 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHAZELLES-LYON, 4 km away at 632 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 — 42138/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42138/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42138/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42138/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42138
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69132
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42059
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
Chargey-lès-Gray	70	224 km NE	667	37.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Escassefort	47	346 km W	682	41.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 26 % · humidity 79 %
Mongauzy	33	360 km W	667	42	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Neuillé-le-Lierre	37	334 km NW	753	41.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · humidity 36 %
Le Horps	53	475 km NW	716	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 45 % · humidity 36 %
Morlanne	64	455 km SW	611	46	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chargey-lès-Gray	70	224 km NE	667	37.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Neuillé-le-Lierre	37	334 km NW	753	41.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · humidity 36 %
Escassefort	47	346 km W	682	41.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 26 % · humidity 79 %
Mongauzy	33	360 km W	667	42	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Morlanne	64	455 km SW	611	46	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %
Le Horps	53	475 km NW	716	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 45 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Maringes'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
Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue	42	45 km S	1,081	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Virigneux	42	3.1 km N	618	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Luriecq	42	31 km SW	1,238	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-Soleymieux	42	30 km SW	840	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Marols	42	31 km SW	462	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas	42	36 km SW	655	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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