Parigné-le-Pôlin

Sarthe · CC du Val de Sarthe · INSEE 72230

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

Few services 24.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Parigné-le-Pôlin (INSEE 72230) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Val de Sarthe. Population 1,037 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 24.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 14,100 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.77	10	7.71
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (PARIGNE LE POLIN RP). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE PRIVE ST MICHEL DES PERRAIS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (PALAMON DOLORES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES TROIS TILLEULS	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	PARIGNE LE POLIN RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COLLEGE PRIVE ST MICHEL DES PERRAIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	PALAMON DOLORES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 494 peak 2012: 1,084 2023: 1,037 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,084 (2012) → 1,037 (2023): -4.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 816 (1990) → 1,037 (2023): 27.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 450, of which 2.4 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 3.1 km NEFood shop — 3.3 km SWBakery — 3.6 km SWGP — 3.6 km SW 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 (Cérans-Foulletourte): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cérans-Foulletourte): 3.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Cérans-Foulletourte): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Guécélard): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Parigné-le-Pôlin): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.5

Days at or below 0 °C 37.5

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LE MANS weather station, 12.4 km away at 51 m; the village itself is at 81 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LE MANS, 12.4 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT GERVAIS E, 9.3 km away at 57 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 — 72230/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72230/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72230/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72230/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72051
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72146
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72230
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
Étainhus	76	191 km N	1,207	24.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Ercheu	80	292 km NE	751	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Ventenac-Cabardès	11	537 km S	962	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Cyr-sous-Dourdan	91	164 km NE	982	38.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Sérigné	85	167 km SW	1,048	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Arnouville-lès-Mantes	78	168 km NE	951	33	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Cyr-sous-Dourdan	91	164 km NE	982	38.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Sérigné	85	167 km SW	1,048	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Arnouville-lès-Mantes	78	168 km NE	951	33	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Étainhus	76	191 km N	1,207	24.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Ercheu	80	292 km NE	751	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Ventenac-Cabardès	11	537 km S	962	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · humidity 36 %

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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-le-Pôlin'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
Sérigné	85	167 km SW	1,048	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Vaudoy-en-Brie	77	239 km NE	872	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Messy	77	228 km NE	1,219	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Copechagnière	85	156 km SW	1,046	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Vaudelnay	49	83 km S	1,122	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-des-Bois	28	115 km NE	1,159	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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