Thaims

Thaims
Commune
The church in Thaims
Coat of arms
Location of Thaims
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Coordinates: 45°37′23″N 0°47′06″W / 45.6231°N 0.785°W / 45.6231; -0.785
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saintes
Canton	Saintonge Estuaire
Intercommunality	Gémozac et Saintonge Viticole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bruno Tapon[1]
Area ^1	8.74 km^2 (3.37 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	396
• Density	45.3/km^2 (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 km^2 (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.	±%
1962	329	—
1968	311	−5.5%
1975	256	−17.7%
1982	229	−10.5%
1990	232	+1.3%
1999	239	+3.0%
2008	334	+39.7%

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

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.

External links

• Media related to Thaims at Wikimedia Commons