Parnay

Maine-et-Loire · CA Saumur Val de Loire · INSEE 49235

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

Few services 22.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Parnay (INSEE 49235) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CA Saumur Val de Loire. Population 373 (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/49235-parnay

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 18,034 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.35	10	3.52
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.27

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOULANGERIE DE PARNAY). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA TABLE DES CLOSIERS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA BOULANGERIE DE PARNAY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	LA TABLE DES CLOSIERS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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: 342 peak 2012: 484 2023: 373 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 484 (2012) → 373 (2023): -22.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 438 (1990) → 373 (2023): -14.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 233, of which 7.3 % second homes and 13.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 1.6 km WGP — 3.1 km EPharmacy — 3.1 km EFood shop — 3.2 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 (Parnay): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Varennes-sur-Loire): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Varennes-sur-Loire): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Varennes-sur-Loire): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Souzay-Champigny): 1.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.8

Days at or below 0 °C 33.2

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAUMUR weather station, 6.9 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 40 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONT-BELLAY-INRAE, 16.1 km away at 58 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

An average of 657 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAUMUR, 6.9 km away at 69 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 — 49235/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49235/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49235/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49235/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49235
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49361
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49341
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
Gajac	33	311 km S	367	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Hundsbach	68	552 km E	357	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Froideterre	70	493 km E	359	28.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Sacy	51	364 km NE	369	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Cérotte	72	90 km NE	337	26	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 85 %
Crempigny-Bonneguête	74	472 km E	325	30.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Cérotte	72	90 km NE	337	26	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 85 %
Gajac	33	311 km S	367	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Sacy	51	364 km NE	369	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Crempigny-Bonneguête	74	472 km E	325	30.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Froideterre	70	493 km E	359	28.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Hundsbach	68	552 km E	357	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 57 % · 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 Parnay'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
Vanzy	74	468 km E	351	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Barcelonne	26	469 km SE	335	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Gemme	79	43 km SW	407	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Cinais	37	16 km SE	372	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Cheminas	07	434 km SE	423	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lageon	79	59 km S	378	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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