Haimps

Charente-Maritime · CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté · INSEE 17188

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

No daily shops 19.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Haimps (INSEE 17188) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Population 448 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/17188-haimps

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 17,917 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.46	10	4.61
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.3

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE D'HAIMPS). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (L'ART DE LA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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 ELEMENTAIRE D'HAIMPS	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	L'ART DE LA COIFFURE	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: 550 2023: 448 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 470 (2012) → 448 (2023): -4.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 466 (1990) → 448 (2023): -3.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 272, of which 7 % second homes and 14.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.9 km WBakery — 3.1 km WGP — 3.7 km WPharmacy — 3.8 km W 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 (Matha): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Matha): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Matha): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Matha): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Haimps): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.3

Days at or below 0 °C 39.7

Muggy days a summer 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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MATHA weather station, 4.4 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 56 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LES-TOUCHES, 5.9 km away at 52 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 842 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MATHA, 4.4 km away at 38 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17188/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17188/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17188/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17188/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17224
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17188
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
Miribel-Lanchâtre	38	470 km E	445	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Malras	11	367 km SE	444	23.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 %
Treuzy-Levelay	77	355 km NE	458	20.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Germain-la-Poterie	60	432 km N	439	20.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %
Mouzay	37	162 km NE	460	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Cricq-Villeneuve	40	220 km S	472	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mouzay	37	162 km NE	460	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Cricq-Villeneuve	40	220 km S	472	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Treuzy-Levelay	77	355 km NE	458	20.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Malras	11	367 km SE	444	23.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Germain-la-Poterie	60	432 km N	439	20.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %
Miribel-Lanchâtre	38	470 km E	445	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Haimps'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
Mouzay	37	162 km NE	460	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Romagne	33	123 km S	483	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Auragne	31	309 km SE	480	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Guitinières	17	51 km S	479	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Noueilles	31	307 km SE	387	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Lasséran	32	261 km S	358	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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