Parcieux

Ain · CC Dombes Saône Vallée · INSEE 01285

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

Few services 32.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Parcieux (INSEE 01285) is in Ain (01), part of CC Dombes Saône Vallée. Population 1,315 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/01285-parcieux

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 12,603 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	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 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]

3 × Restaurant (LES PETITES VOILES · A L'ARRET'S COUSCOUS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (PARCIEUX AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (PROFESSION COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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	LES PETITES VOILES · A L'ARRET'S COUSCOUS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	PARCIEUX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	PROFESSION COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 438 2023: 1,315 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,124 (2012) → 1,315 (2023): 17 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 784 (1990) → 1,315 (2023): 67.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 566, of which 2.5 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 0.9 km SWBakery — 1.0 km SWFood shop — 1.2 km SGP — 1.4 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 (Massieux): 1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Massieux): 1.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Massieux): 1.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Massieux): 0.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Parcieux): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.9

Days at or below 0 °C 69.3

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MESSIMY weather station, 15.5 km away at 179 m; the village itself is at 187 m. ^[10]

An average of 875 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CIVRIEUX, 5.2 km away at 294 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01285/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01285/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01285/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01285/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01238
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01285
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
Etzling	57	397 km NE	1,136	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 78 %
Cadillac-en-Fronsadais	33	419 km W	1,336	34.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 43 %
Osthouse	67	349 km NE	975	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Fublaines	77	365 km N	1,370	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 70 %
Peillonnex	74	122 km E	1,381	31.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 54 %
Grugies	02	449 km N	1,280	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 69 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Peillonnex	74	122 km E	1,381	31.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 54 %
Osthouse	67	349 km NE	975	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Fublaines	77	365 km N	1,370	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 70 %
Etzling	57	397 km NE	1,136	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 78 %
Cadillac-en-Fronsadais	33	419 km W	1,336	34.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 43 %
Grugies	02	449 km N	1,280	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 69 %

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