Mareau-aux-Bois

Loiret · CC du Pithiverais · INSEE 45195

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

Few services 31/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mareau-aux-Bois (INSEE 45195) is in Loiret (45), part of CC du Pithiverais. Population 570 (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 31/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 17,358 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.81	10	8.13
Housing mix	0.8	5	3.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (O ! COIFFURES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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 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	O ! COIFFURES	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 325 peak 2012: 600 2023: 570 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 600 (2012) → 570 (2023): -5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 434 (1990) → 570 (2023): 31.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 305, of which 10.2 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.0 km SWGP — 5.0 km SWFood shop — 5.3 km SWPharmacy — 5.3 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 (Santeau): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chilleurs-aux-Bois): 5.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chilleurs-aux-Bois): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Chilleurs-aux-Bois): 5.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Mareau-aux-Bois): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.1

Days at or below 0 °C 46.3

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PITHIVIERS-LE-V weather station, 7.6 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 113 m. ^[11]

An average of 703 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHILLEURS-AUX-B, 6.7 km away at 120 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

40 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 140,500 € — 828 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Loiret is 1,539 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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 — 45195/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45195/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45195/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45195/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45301
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45095
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45195
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
La Genête	71	276 km SE	570	31.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 84 %
Saint-Abraham	56	343 km W	552	30.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Vincent-en-Bresse	71	269 km SE	586	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 97 %
Le Mesnil-Guillaume	14	179 km NW	551	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 95 %
Mayran	12	413 km S	611	30.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 58 %
Gueltas	56	370 km W	551	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 72 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Mesnil-Guillaume	14	179 km NW	551	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Vincent-en-Bresse	71	269 km SE	586	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 97 %
La Genête	71	276 km SE	570	31.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 84 %
Saint-Abraham	56	343 km W	552	30.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 92 %
Gueltas	56	370 km W	551	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 72 %
Mayran	12	413 km S	611	30.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 58 %

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