Paimbœuf

Paimbœuf (French pronunciation: [pɛ̃bœf] ^ⓘ; Breton: Pembo) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, lying on the south bank of the river Loire upriver from Saint-Nazaire but considerably downriver from Nantes.

Paimbœuf
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Paimbœuf
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Coordinates: 47°17′00″N 2°02′00″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Saint-Nazaire
Canton	Saint-Brevin-les-Pins
Intercommunality	Sud-Estuaire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Raymond Charbonnier[1]
Area 1	2 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,030
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44116 /44560
Elevation	0–11 m (0–36 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

In the Napoleonic era it was the site of considerable naval shipbuilding. The United States Navy established a naval air station there on 1 March 1918 to operate dirigibles during World War I. The base closed shortly after the First Armistice at Compiègne.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 4,509 —     1821 3,376 −1.03% 1846 3,878 +0.56% 1872 2,849 −1.18% 1901 2,196 −0.89% 1926 2,624 +0.71% 1946 2,567 −0.11% 1962 3,580 +2.10%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 3,802 +1.01% 1975 3,565 −0.92% 1982 3,321 −1.01% 1990 2,842 −1.93% 1999 2,758 −0.33% 2007 3,093 +1.44% 2012 3,228 +0.86% 2017 3,090 −0.87%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department