Haimps

Haimps
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Canton	Matha
Community association	Vals de Saintonge
Coordinates	45 ° 52 ′  N , 0 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 52 ′  N , 0 ° 15 ′  W
height	41-100 m
surface	18.47 km 2
Residents	464 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	25 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	17160
INSEE code	17188
Website	http://www.haimps.fr/
Town hall (Mairie) of Haimps

Haimps is a French municipality with 464 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ); it belongs to the arrondissement Saint-Jean-d'Angély and is part of the canton Matha . The inhabitants are called Haimpsois .

geography

Haimps is about 85 kilometers east-southeast of La Rochelle in the Saintonge . Haimps is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Les Touches-de-Périgny in the north, Gourvillette in the northeast, Massac in the east, Siecq in the east and southeast, Louzignac in the south and southeast, Sonnac in the south and Matha in the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	595	550	495	510	466	427	491	464
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-Symphorien church from the 12th / 13th centuries Century, since 1983 Monument historique
• Fresneau house

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Haimps

Saint-Symphorien Church

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 435-437.

Web links

Commons : Haimps  - collection of images, videos and audio files