Marols

Loire · CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA) · INSEE 42140

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

Partly served 43.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marols (INSEE 42140) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 462 (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/42140-marols

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 17,955 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	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.99	10	9.9
Housing mix	0.64	5	3.22

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA PAUSE MAROLAISE · SAS O SAVEURS DE 2MAINS · LA REUNIONNAISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - MAROLS). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	3	LA PAUSE MAROLAISE · SAS O SAVEURS DE 2MAINS · LA REUNIONNAISE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		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)	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 - MAROLS	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: 344 2023: 462 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 420 (2012) → 462 (2023): 10 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 310 (1990) → 462 (2023): 49 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 303, of which 17.8 % second homes and 16.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.8 km NFood shop — 2.8 km NGP — 3.3 km NPharmacy — 6.4 km S 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 (Saint-Jean-Soleymieux): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Jean-Soleymieux): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Soleymieux): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Bonnet-le-Château): 6.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Marols): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.8

Days at or below 0 °C 76.4

Muggy days a summer 8.6

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-BONNET-LE-CHATEAU_SAPC weather station, 5.2 km away at 822 m; the village itself is at 837 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-BONNET-LE-CHATEAU_SAPC, 5.2 km away at 822 m, over 10 summers. ^[12]

An average of 831 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-BONNET-LE-CHATEAU_SAPC, 5.2 km away at 822 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42140/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42140/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42140/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42140/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42240
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42301
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42204
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42140
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
Le Pin	30	159 km S	474	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-de-Bavel	01	134 km E	428	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 %
Coren	15	86 km SW	445	38	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 %
Carnas	30	183 km S	537	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Montgardin	05	201 km SE	481	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 36 %
Veuil	36	266 km NW	379	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Coren	15	86 km SW	445	38	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Martin-de-Bavel	01	134 km E	428	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 %
Le Pin	30	159 km S	474	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Carnas	30	183 km S	537	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Montgardin	05	201 km SE	481	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 36 %
Veuil	36	266 km NW	379	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Marols'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
Aboën	42	9.7 km SE	481	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Bard	42	12 km N	700	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Estivareilles	42	7.5 km S	721	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Soleymieux	42	3.4 km N	716	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Les Noës	42	64 km N	209	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Maringes	42	31 km NE	677	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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