Thaims

Thaims
Commune
The church in Thaims
Coat of arms
Location of Thaims
Thaims Location within France Thaims Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 45°37′23″N 0°47′06″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saintes
Canton	Saintonge Estuaire
Intercommunality	Gémozac et Saintonge Viticole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bruno Tapon
Area 1	8.74 km2 (3.37 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	396
• Density	45.3/km2 (117/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17442 /17120
Elevation	13–31 m (43–102 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Thaims (French pronunciation: [tɛ̃]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	311	—
1975	256	−2.74%
1982	229	−1.58%
1990	232	+0.16%
1999	239	+0.33%
2007	323	+3.84%
2012	375	+3.03%
2017	384	+0.48%
2023	396	+0.51%
Source: INSEE

Heraldry

Thaims

Tierced in reversed pairle: 1st Or, a bunch of purple grapes, stalked tenné and leaved vert; 2nd Gules, three silver columns arranged fesswise and surmounted by a silver sword hilted or placed fesswise; 3rd Azure, three wavy silver bars and two gold keys, crossed in saltire and linked by a chain of the same.

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

External links

• Media related to Thaims at Wikimedia Commons