Guimps

Charente · CC des 4B Sud Charente · INSEE 16160

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 27.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Guimps (INSEE 16160) is in Charente (16), part of CC des 4B Sud Charente. Population 497 (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/16160-guimps

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 17,787 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.48	10	4.78
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

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

3 × Hairdresser (MC COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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

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)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE GUIMPS	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	GUIMPS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	MC COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 603 2023: 497 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 474 (2012) → 497 (2023): 4.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 508 (1990) → 497 (2023): -2.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 257, of which 4.7 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.9 km SWBakery — 4.7 km SWPharmacy — 6.8 km EGP — 7.2 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 (Saint-Ciers-Champagne): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Ciers-Champagne): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire): 7.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire): 6.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Guimps): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.3

Days at or below 0 °C 33

Muggy days a summer 6.5

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GUIMPS weather station, 1.2 km away at 93 m; the village itself is at 59 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at GUIMPS, 1.2 km away at 93 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 747 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GUIMPS, 1.2 km away at 93 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 — 16160/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16160/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16160/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16160/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17316
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16028
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16160
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
Saint-Léger-du-Bois	71	400 km NE	505	28.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Neuvy-Bouin	79	136 km N	487	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Les Lèves-et-Thoumeyragues	33	82 km SE	561	29	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 74 %
Beaupouyet	24	66 km SE	553	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Gesvres	53	323 km N	539	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 77 %
Condéon	16	11 km SE	606	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Condéon	16	11 km SE	606	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Beaupouyet	24	66 km SE	553	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Les Lèves-et-Thoumeyragues	33	82 km SE	561	29	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 74 %
Neuvy-Bouin	79	136 km N	487	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Gesvres	53	323 km N	539	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 77 %
Saint-Léger-du-Bois	71	400 km NE	505	28.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Guimps'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
Criteuil-la-Magdeleine	16	8.6 km N	405	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Ruch	33	78 km S	539	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Courpignac	17	24 km SW	421	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Authon-Ébéon	17	43 km N	410	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Esquiule	64	255 km S	522	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Dizant-du-Gua	17	36 km W	499	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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