Parigné-sur-Braye

Mayenne · CC Mayenne Communauté · INSEE 53174

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

Few services 23.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Parigné-sur-Braye (INSEE 53174) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC Mayenne Communauté. Population 848 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 23.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 15,303 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	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 293 2023: 848 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 775 (2012) → 848 (2023): 9.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 554 (1990) → 848 (2023): 53.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 363, of which 1.9 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 0.5 km SBakery — 1.2 km SEPrimary school — 1.5 km EGP — 2.7 km SEPharmacy — 2.7 km SE 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 (Mayenne): 1.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Parigné-sur-Braye): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mayenne): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mayenne): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Mayenne): 1.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.9

Days at or below 0 °C 39.9

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MAYENNE weather station, 1.1 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 143 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE HORPS, 18.5 km away at 268 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 125 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 862 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MAYENNE, 1.1 km away at 138 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 — 53174/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53174/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53174/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53174/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53147
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53174
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
Pouilly	57	509 km E	963	20.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Moncetz-Longevas	51	379 km E	570	18.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Houchin	62	338 km NE	738	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Wuenheim	68	586 km E	768	10.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Nouilly	57	515 km E	719	17.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Cutry	54	485 km E	1,032	22	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Houchin	62	338 km NE	738	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Moncetz-Longevas	51	379 km E	570	18.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Cutry	54	485 km E	1,032	22	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Pouilly	57	509 km E	963	20.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Nouilly	57	515 km E	719	17.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Wuenheim	68	586 km E	768	10.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Parigné-sur-Braye'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
Houchin	62	338 km NE	738	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Cerisé	61	59 km E	844	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Carency	62	334 km NE	819	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Soindres	78	185 km NE	757	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Trinité-du-Mont	76	162 km NE	951	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Pelves	62	339 km NE	770	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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