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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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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
- Official name
- Paimpont
- Population
- 1772
- Area
- 110.28
- Elevation
- 157
- Official website
- www.paimpont.bzh
- Image
- Paimpont(maison abbatiale façade).jpg
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- Commons category
- Paimpont
- postal code
- 35380
- 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.
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