Parsac

Creuse · CC Creuse Confluence · INSEE 23149

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

Few services 20.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 12 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Parsac (INSEE 23149) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Confluence. Population 825 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2025-01-01 from 2 former communes: Blaudeix (23023), Rimondeix (23161). ^[3]

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/23149-parsac

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 12 % of the 15,483 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.53	10	5.3
Housing mix	0.54	5	2.68

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 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar (RELAIS DE L'EPICURIEN). ^[4]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE OCTAVE GACHON). ^[5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PARSAC AP). ^[5]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE PARSAC-RIMONDEIX). ^[5]

2 × Gym / sports hall (ECOLES · COLLEGE OCTAVE GACHON). ^[5]

1 × Hairdresser (MAG COIF). ^[5,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[5,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA SEMNADISSE). ^[5,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Café / bar	1	RELAIS DE L'EPICURIEN	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Collège	1	COLLEGE OCTAVE GACHON	INSEE BPE 1 [5]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Post office / agence postale	1	PARSAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [5]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE PARSAC-RIMONDEIX	INSEE BPE 1 [5]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Gym / sports hall	2	ECOLES · COLLEGE OCTAVE GACHON	INSEE BPE 2 [5]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Hairdresser	1	MAG COIF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [5,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [5,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LA SEMNADISSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [5,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,031 2023: 825 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 791 (2012) → 825 (2023): 4.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 801 (1990) → 825 (2023): 3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 595, of which 23.2 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 5.7 km SWPrimary school — 5.7 km WGP — 5.7 km WPharmacy — 5.8 km SWBakery — 6.8 km E 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 (Gouzon): 6.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Jarnages): 5.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Jarnages): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Jarnages): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Jarnages): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.6

Days at or below 0 °C 88.8

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 89 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GOUZON weather station, 6.5 km away at 378 m; the village itself is at 395 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at AHUN LYCEE, 15.3 km away at 460 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 65 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 868 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PARSAC-GLAD, 3.2 km away at 440 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23149/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23149/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23149/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23149/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23093
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23100
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
Colombiès	12	207 km S	884	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Croix	12	198 km S	734	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Queaux	86	115 km W	586	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 50 %
Thourie	35	331 km NW	868	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Moussac	86	113 km W	436	20.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 50 %
Plounérin	22	503 km NW	798	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Moussac	86	113 km W	436	20.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 50 %
Queaux	86	115 km W	586	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 50 %
Sainte-Croix	12	198 km S	734	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Colombiès	12	207 km S	884	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Thourie	35	331 km NW	868	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Plounérin	22	503 km NW	798	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Parsac'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
Viscomtat	63	125 km E	501	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Manglieu	63	114 km SE	467	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Just-d'Avray	69	178 km E	741	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Médard-la-Rochette	23	18 km S	559	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Coublanc	71	163 km E	838	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Lussat	23	15 km E	416	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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