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Paimpont
Sign in to savePaimpont (; ; Gallo: Penpont) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
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Paimpont is a commune in France, situated in the arrondissement of Rennes within the department of Ille-et-Vilaine. It is located in the Brittany region and shares borders with Beignon, Mauron, Campénéac, and Concoret. The commune covers an area of 110.28 square kilometers and has an elevation of 258 meters above sea level. Its postal code is 35380, and it falls within the canton of Montfort-sur-Meu.
The population of Paimpont is recorded as 1784, comprising 832 males and 879 females. Another source lists the population as 1549. The local timezone is Europe/Paris. A school is located in the city.
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Place details
- Locality
- Paimpont
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,549
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Paimpont
- French commune.native name
- (Gallo)
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Paimpont(maison abbatiale façade).jpg
- French commune.caption
- Abbey
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Paimpont (Ille-et-Vilaine).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Rennes
- French commune.canton
- Montfort-sur-Meu
- French commune.intercommunality
- Brocéliande
- French commune.INSEE
- 35211
- French commune.postal code
- 35380
- French commune.mayor
- Alain Lefeuvre
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.elevation m
- 160
- French commune.elevation min m
- 62
- French commune.elevation max m
- 258
- French commune.area km2
- 110.28
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Paimpont
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1772
- Area
- 110.28
- Elevation
- 157
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Mauron
- Official website
- www.paimpont.bzh
- Image
- Paimpont(maison abbatiale façade).jpg
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- Commons category
- Paimpont
- postal code
- 35380
- associated electoral district
- canton of Montfort-sur-Meu
- male population
- 832
- female population
- 879
- P8168
- Midtjylland Airport
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-99-07-81-18
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Paimpont (; ; Gallo: Penpont) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
The name is a compound of Old Breton pen "head" and the Latin borrowing pont "bridge" and is first attested in the 9th century in the Latinised form Caput Pontis and then in 870 CE as Penpont. The town grew up around the , which was founded by the Breton king and Catholic saint Judicael in 645 CE on the shore of a small lake now known as the Étang de Paimpont.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paimpont” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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