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Parenty

Pas-de-Calais · CC du Haut Pays du Montreuillois · INSEE 62648

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

Few services 26.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Parenty (INSEE 62648) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Haut Pays du Montreuillois. Population 559 (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/62648-parenty

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 17,438 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.8654.29

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 71). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (AURELIE COIFFURE). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI 71INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2AURELIE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 406 2023: 559 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 528 (2012) → 559 (2023): 5.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 349 (1990) → 559 (2023): 60.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 252, of which 7.1 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.3 km NW (Lacres)GP — 4.5 km N (Doudeauville)Food shop — 6.6 km NW (Samer)Pharmacy — 7.2 km E (Hucqueliers)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.3 km NWGP — 4.5 km NFood shop — 6.6 km NWPharmacy — 7.2 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 (Lacres): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Samer): 6.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Doudeauville): 4.5 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Hucqueliers): 7.2 km to the east (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Parenty): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the DESVRES weather station, 5.3 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 65 m. [13]

The village sits 120 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at DESVRES, 5.3 km away at 185 m, over 12 summers. [13]

That station sits 120 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [13]

An average of 1,152 mm of rain a year, spread over 150 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at DESVRES, 5.3 km away at 185 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62648/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62648/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62648/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62648/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62483
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62773
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62273
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62463
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62648
  13. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Aubin10267 km SE58022Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Helleville50281 km SW56726.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Éloi-de-Fourques27167 km SW53726Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 68 %
Coadout22428 km SW53221.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Sallèdes63561 km S56024.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Belgeard53311 km SW55526.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Éloi-de-Fourques27167 km SW53726Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 68 %
Saint-Aubin10267 km SE58022Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Helleville50281 km SW56726.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Belgeard53311 km SW55526.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Coadout22428 km SW53221.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Sallèdes63561 km S56024.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Parenty'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Coadout22428 km SW53221.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaine-Henry14218 km SW52822.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Écalles-Alix76129 km SW56623.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Bois-d'Ennebourg76134 km S58324Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
La Houssaye-Béranger76118 km SW54524.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Sotteville50280 km SW48526.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %