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Marolles

Oise · CC du Pays de Valois · INSEE 60385

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

No daily shops 18.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marolles (INSEE 60385) is in Oise (60), part of CC du Pays de Valois. Population 641 (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/60385-marolles

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 14 % of the 16,763 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.55105.47
Housing mix0.8354.13

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 0 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 PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [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, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 561 peak 2017: 680 2023: 641 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 670 (2012) → 641 (2023): -4.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 612 (1990) → 641 (2023): 4.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 321, of which 8.7 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 1.8 km NE (La Ferté-Milon)Bakery — 1.9 km NE (La Ferté-Milon)GP — 1.9 km NE (La Ferté-Milon)Food shop — 2.0 km NE (La Ferté-Milon)
In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 1.8 km NEBakery — 1.9 km NEGP — 1.9 km NEFood shop — 2.0 km NE 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 (La Ferté-Milon): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (La Ferté-Milon): 2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (La Ferté-Milon): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (La Ferté-Milon): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Marolles): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60385/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60385/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60385/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 60385/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02307
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 60385

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lommoye78117 km W63924Few servicesno figures
Mousseaux-Neuville27131 km W63623.5Few servicesno figures
Grazay53281 km W62922.2Few servicesno figures
Fontaine-Mâcon1084 km S63523.9Few servicesno figures
Saint-Martin-d'Écublei61182 km W62521.1Few servicesno figures
Vaunaveys-la-Rochette26511 km S62522.7Few servicesno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fontaine-Mâcon1084 km S63523.9Few servicesno figures
Lommoye78117 km W63924Few servicesno figures
Mousseaux-Neuville27131 km W63623.5Few servicesno figures
Saint-Martin-d'Écublei61182 km W62521.1Few servicesno figures
Grazay53281 km W62922.2Few servicesno figures
Vaunaveys-la-Rochette26511 km S62522.7Few servicesno figures

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