Paimpont

Paimpont (French pronunciation: [pɛ̃pɔ̃]; Breton: Pempont; Gallo: Penpont) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Paimpont Penpont (Gallo) Pempont (Breton)
Commune
Abbey
Coat of arms
Location of Paimpont
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Coordinates: 48°01′08″N 2°10′11″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Rennes
Canton	Montfort-sur-Meu
Intercommunality	Brocéliande
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Lefeuvre[1]
Area 1	110.28 km2 (42.58 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,778
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35211 /35380
Elevation	62–258 m (203–846 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.^[3] The town grew up around the abbey of Our Lady of Paimpont [Wikidata], 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.^[4]

Population

Inhabitants of Paimpont are called Paimpontais in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,637	—
1968	1,714	+4.7%
1975	1,559	−9.0%
1982	1,449	−7.1%
1990	1,385	−4.4%
1999	1,395	+0.7%
2008	1,641	+17.6%

See also

• Paimpont forest
• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department