Parcé-sur-Sarthe

Sarthe · CC du Pays Sabolien · INSEE 72228

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 43.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Parcé-sur-Sarthe (INSEE 72228) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays Sabolien. Population 1,950 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/72228-parce-sur-sarthe

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 9,781 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.69	10	6.89
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.2

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX CAPRICES GOURMANDS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COCCI MARKET). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (BAR DE LA LUNE · LE LAGON BLEU). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE SAINT JOSEPH NOTRE DAME DDEC). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FREDERIC LUISETTI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (ALEXANDRA LO PHARMACIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (LOOCK COIFFURE · MECHE REBELLE · BELLE A SOUHAIT). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AUX CAPRICES GOURMANDS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COCCI MARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Café / bar	3	BAR DE LA LUNE · LE LAGON BLEU	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE SAINT JOSEPH NOTRE DAME DDEC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	FREDERIC LUISETTI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	ALEXANDRA LO PHARMACIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	3	LOOCK COIFFURE · MECHE REBELLE · BELLE A SOUHAIT	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 1,160 peak 2012: 2,141 2023: 1,950 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,141 (2012) → 1,950 (2023): -8.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,640 (1990) → 1,950 (2023): 18.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,009, of which 8 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Parcé-sur-Sarthe): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Parcé-sur-Sarthe): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Parcé-sur-Sarthe): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Parcé-sur-Sarthe): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Parcé-sur-Sarthe): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.2

Days at or below 0 °C 40.2

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the SABLE SUR SARTH weather station, 7.7 km away at 41 m; the village itself is at 43 m. ^[9]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at SABLE SUR SARTH, 7.7 km away at 41 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72228/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72228/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72228/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72228/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72228
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
Crépy	02	336 km NE	1,812	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 %
Héry	89	285 km E	1,784	36.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 80 %
La Romagne	49	107 km SW	2,028	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Étienne-du-Bois	85	154 km SW	2,311	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
Acquigny	27	180 km NE	1,733	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 88 %
Montreuil-le-Gast	35	122 km W	2,080	52.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 99 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Romagne	49	107 km SW	2,028	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 %
Montreuil-le-Gast	35	122 km W	2,080	52.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Étienne-du-Bois	85	154 km SW	2,311	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
Acquigny	27	180 km NE	1,733	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 88 %
Héry	89	285 km E	1,784	36.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 80 %
Crépy	02	336 km NE	1,812	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 %

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Elsewhere

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