Paimbœuf
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire | |
| Canton | Saint-Brevin-les-Pins | |
| Community association | South Estuaire | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 17 ′ N , 2 ° 2 ′ W | |
| height | 0-11 m | |
| surface | 2 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,090 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,545 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44560 | |
| INSEE code | 44116 | |
| Website | http://www.paimboeuf.fr/ | |
.jpg) Paimbœuf Town Hall |
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Paimbœuf is a French commune with 3,090 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Nazaire and the canton of Saint-Brevin-les-Pins . The inhabitants are called paimblotins .
geography
Paimbœuf is located around 45 kilometers west of Nantes on the Loire estuary in the Pays de Retz . Paimbœuf is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Corsept in the west, Saint-Père-en-Retz in the south and Saint-Viaud in the east. On the opposite (north) side of the estuary are the communities of Donges in the north and north-west, La Chapelle-Launay in the north-east and Frossay in the east and north-east.
The former Route nationale 23 (today's D723) coming from Chartres ends in the municipality .
history
In May 1918, the US armed forces set up a base for naval aviators here, which was closed again with the Compiègne armistice.,
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 3,580 | 3,802 | 3,565 | 3,321 | 2,842 | 2,762 | 3,054 | 3,228 |
Attractions
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- Saint-Louis Church, neo-Byzantine construction
- lighthouse
- Star garden
Personalities
- Marie Cazin (1844–1924), painter
- Georges Bareau (1866–1931), sculptor
- Pierre-Louis Basse (* 1958), journalist and writer
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 868-874.
