Parigné-l'Évêque
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 42.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Parigné-l'Évêque (INSEE 72231) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Sud Est Manceau. Population 5,358 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 42.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 15 % of the 4,397 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 | 0.32 | 25 | 8.08 |
| Social | 0.39 | 20 | 7.87 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.31 | 10 | 3.07 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.74 | 10 | 7.39 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.71 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE PARIGNE L'EVEQUE · EPIS SUCRES · LES SAVEURS DE PARIGNE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SELEMANI). [3]
1 × Supermarket (SOC EVECO). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (LA REINE MER). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (JBNCO · LE ROYAL). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE COBRA · LE SOFT). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE AMSTRAMGRAM). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE LOUIS CORDELET). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIA CONSUELO VILAPLANA GARCIA, MÉDECIN · MARIE GUYOMAR, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE PARIGNE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE PARIGNE). [3]
1 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE BRETAGNE - PAYS DE LOIRE). [3]
5 × Hairdresser (LA COIFFURE AUTREMENT · THIBAULT MARIE-FRANCE · LE SALON D'AURELIE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | LE FOURNIL DE PARIGNE L'EVEQUE · EPIS SUCRES · LES SAVEURS DE PARIGNE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | SELEMANI | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Supermarket | 1 | SOC EVECO | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | LA REINE MER | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 2 | JBNCO · LE ROYAL | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE COBRA · LE SOFT | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE AMSTRAMGRAM | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE LOUIS CORDELET | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | MARIA CONSUELO VILAPLANA GARCIA, MÉDECIN · MARIE GUYOMAR, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE PARIGNE | 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 | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE PARIGNE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 1 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE BRETAGNE - PAYS DE LOIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 5 | LA COIFFURE AUTREMENT · THIBAULT MARIE-FRANCE · LE SALON D'AURELIE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday 15h30 à 20h Place des Trois Puits, 72250 Parigné l'Evêque. [5]
Trajectory
Population 4,826 (2012) → 5,358 (2023): 11 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 4,324 (1990) → 5,358 (2023): 23.9 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,361, of which 2.9 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Parigné-l'Évêque): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Parigné-l'Évêque): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Parigné-l'Évêque): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Parigné-l'Évêque): 0.8 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Parigné-l'Évêque): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LE MANS weather station, 12.8 km away at 51 m; the village itself is at 106 m. [10]
The village sits 55 m above 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LE MANS, 12.8 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 55 m below 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 737 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LE GRAND LUCE, 10.6 km away at 122 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72231/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.parigneleveque.fr/actualite/marche-parigne-l-eveque/— “Tous les vendredis, la Place des Trois Puits accueille le marché hebdomadaire de Parigné l'Evêque. De 15h30 à 20h”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72231/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72231/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72231/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 72231
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trèbes | 11 | 550 km S | 5,361 | 53.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 % |
| Vic-le-Comte | 63 | 336 km SE | 5,396 | 57.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Roque-d'Anthéron | 13 | 606 km SE | 5,459 | 59.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Valence | 82 | 428 km S | 5,289 | 63.3 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 % |
| Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne | 01 | 402 km SE | 5,250 | 62.6 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 91 % |
| La Garnache | 85 | 202 km SW | 5,515 | 50.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Garnache | 85 | 202 km SW | 5,515 | 50.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vic-le-Comte | 63 | 336 km SE | 5,396 | 57.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne | 01 | 402 km SE | 5,250 | 62.6 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 91 % |
| Valence | 82 | 428 km S | 5,289 | 63.3 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 % |
| Trèbes | 11 | 550 km S | 5,361 | 53.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 % |
| La Roque-d'Anthéron | 13 | 606 km SE | 5,459 | 59.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · 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 Parigné-l'Évêque'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aÿ-Champagne | 51 | 295 km NE | 5,103 | 59.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Amplepuis | 69 | 372 km SE | 4,876 | 59.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Thizy-les-Bourgs | 69 | 367 km SE | 5,771 | 57.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Melle | 79 | 194 km S | 5,752 | 58 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Écommoy | 72 | 14 km SW | 4,868 | 58.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bonneval | 28 | 81 km E | 4,868 | 60.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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