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Parly

Yonne · CC de Puisaye-Forterre · INSEE 89286

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

Few services 35.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Parly (INSEE 89286) is in Yonne (89), part of CC de Puisaye-Forterre. Population 817 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/89286-parly

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 15,537 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.74107.4
Housing mix0.6353.13

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 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 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 1 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) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE EPICERIE NORMAND). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DU CHEVAL BLANC). [3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (PARLY RP). [3]

1 × Hotel (L'AUBERGE DU CHEVAL BLANC). [3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE EPICERIE NORMANDINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant1L'AUBERGE DU CHEVAL BLANCINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE 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 postale1PARLY RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1L'AUBERGE DU CHEVAL BLANCINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 516 peak 2017: 819 2023: 817 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 791 (2012) → 817 (2023): 3.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 659 (1990) → 817 (2023): 24 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 497, of which 18.7 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 4.0 km N (Merry-la-Vallée)Food shop — 4.8 km E (Pourrain)Pharmacy — 4.8 km E (Pourrain)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 4.0 km NFood shop — 4.8 km EPharmacy — 4.8 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 (Parly): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pourrain): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Merry-la-Vallée): 4 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Pourrain): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Parly): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the GRANDCHAMP_SAPC weather station, 12.1 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 204 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at GRANDCHAMP_SAPC, 12.1 km away at 180 m, over 18 summers. [11]

An average of 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at POURRAIN, 4.5 km away at 210 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89286/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89286/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89286/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89286/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89286
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89311
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89251
  11. 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
Blanzay86292 km SW81932.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Champsac87293 km SW70235.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Busseau79326 km W73432.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Sanvensa12399 km S64334.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur71177 km SE64135.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 85 %
Puycornet82431 km S78542.1Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur71177 km SE64135.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 85 %
Blanzay86292 km SW81932.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Champsac87293 km SW70235.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Busseau79326 km W73432.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Sanvensa12399 km S64334.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Puycornet82431 km S78542.1Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Parly'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
Champsac87293 km SW70235.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Champagnac-la-Rivière87294 km SW60332.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Blond87261 km SW67438.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Janailhac87286 km SW52438.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Gourgé79289 km W88430.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre23190 km SW71124.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %