Parennes

Identity

Parennes (INSEE 72229) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC de la Champagne Conlinoise et du Pays de Sillé. Population 444 (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/72229-parennes

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 17,933 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.

Services

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPI SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PARENNES AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 547 (2012) → 444 (2023): -18.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 431 (1990) → 444 (2023): 3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 240, of which 4.6 % second homes and 11.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Rouez): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Parennes): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sillé-le-Guillaume): 8.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Rémy-de-Sillé): 8.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Parennes): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ROUESSE-VASSE weather station, 3.7 km away at 206 m; the village itself is at 143 m. ^[12]

The village sits 63 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ROUESSE-VASSE, 3.7 km away at 206 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 63 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 810 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ROUESSE-VASSE, 3.7 km away at 206 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72229/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72229/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72229/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72229/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72256
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72229
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72334
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72315
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024