Pargues
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 19.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Pargues (INSEE 10278) is in Aube (10), part of CC du Chaourçois et du Val d'Armance. Population 143 (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 19.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 71 % of the 13,700 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.54 | 10 | 5.36 |
| Housing mix | 0.66 | 5 | 3.32 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Library (POINT LECTURE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | POINT LECTURE | 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 | 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
Population 126 (2012) → 143 (2023): 13.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 138 (1990) → 143 (2023): 3.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 107, of which 16.8 % second homes and 18.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chaource): 5.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Chaource): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Chaource): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Chaource): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Chaource): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the LOGES-MARGUERON weather station, 9.2 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 198 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at LES-RICEYS, 13.6 km away at 185 m, over 20 summers. [9]
An average of 828 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at VILLIERS-SOUS-P, 5.3 km away at 237 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
11 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 101,000 € — 1,211 € per m² of built surface. [10]
The median across Aube is 1,324 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [10]
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 — 10278/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10278/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10278/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10278/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 10080
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colomieu | 01 | 278 km SE | 159 | 24.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chavannes | 18 | 190 km SW | 151 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 % |
| Poumarous | 65 | 625 km SW | 148 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 % |
| Roquecourbe-Minervois | 11 | 549 km S | 150 | 15.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 20 % · humidity 21 % |
| Courcy | 14 | 329 km W | 148 | 17 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Senuc | 08 | 150 km N | 153 | 17.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 73 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senuc | 08 | 150 km N | 153 | 17.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 73 % |
| Chavannes | 18 | 190 km SW | 151 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 % |
| Colomieu | 01 | 278 km SE | 159 | 24.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Courcy | 14 | 329 km W | 148 | 17 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Roquecourbe-Minervois | 11 | 549 km S | 150 | 15.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 20 % · humidity 21 % |
| Poumarous | 65 | 625 km SW | 148 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Pargues'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reynel | 52 | 89 km E | 129 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dravegny | 02 | 139 km N | 134 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Velle-le-Châtel | 70 | 146 km E | 125 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| L'Échelle | 08 | 198 km N | 129 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villotte | 88 | 117 km E | 116 | 8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chamole | 39 | 176 km SE | 161 | 22.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
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