Guimps

Guimps
Town hall
Guimps
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Guimps
Coordinates: 45°27′51″N 0°14′45″W / 45.4642°N 0.2458°WCoordinates: 45°27′51″N 0°14′45″W / 45.4642°N 0.2458°W
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire
Intercommunality	3B - Sud-Charente
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Albert Barussaud
Area^1	12.60 km^2 (4.86 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	489
• Density	39/km^2 (100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16160 / 16300
Elevation	49–108 m (161–354 ft) (avg. 76 m or 249 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Guimps is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,153	—
1800	1,135	−1.6%
1806	1,143	+0.7%
1821	1,099	−3.8%
1831	1,143	+4.0%
1841	897	−21.5%
1846	1,098	+22.4%
1851	1,079	−1.7%
1856	1,060	−1.8%
1861	670	−36.8%
1866	1,007	+50.3%
1872	963	−4.4%
1876	946	−1.8%
1881	926	−2.1%
1886	815	−12.0%
1891	768	−5.8%
1896	728	−5.2%
1901	710	−2.5%
1906	714	+0.6%
1911	736	+3.1%
1921	693	−5.8%
1926	683	−1.4%
1931	643	−5.9%
1936	645	+0.3%
1946	603	−6.5%
1954	603	+0.0%
1962	580	−3.8%
1968	603	+4.0%
1975	546	−9.5%
1982	478	−12.5%
1990	508	+6.3%
1999	493	−3.0%
2008	489	−0.8%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE