Paimpont

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Paimpont
Paimpont coat of arms
Paimpont (France)
Paimpont
region Brittany
Department Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement Rennes
Canton Montfort-sur-Meu
Community association Brocéliande
Coordinates 48 ° 1 ′  N , 2 ° 10 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 1 ′  N , 2 ° 10 ′  W
height 62-258 m
surface 110.28 km 2
Residents 1,711 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 35380
INSEE code 35211
Website www.paimpont.fr

Paimpont ( Breton Pempont ) is a French municipality with 1711 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany .

geography

The municipality of Paimpont is mainly covered by forest. The forest area also contains some larger lakes, such as For example Lake Paimpont and Lake Pas-du-Houx, both of which are known for their abundance of fish. The inhabitants of the municipality are mainly divided between a few larger clearings in the forest, where they practice agriculture, and the town of Paimpont in the center, which has seen limited tourist development in recent years. Located in the very west of the Ille-et-Vilaine department, it borders the neighboring departments of Côtes-d'Armor and Morbihan . In the local municipality of Guer , the forest of Paimpont continues in principle to the south. The small river Aff forms the border.

history

  • The Paimpont forest is the remnant of a vast, contiguous wooded area that once covered the interior of Brittany. The legendary name of this forest is Brocéliande . Many incidents from the legends of King Arthur and his round table take place in this forest .
  • The 7th century by Judicaël , the bishop of Saint-Malo , founded monastery was in the 13th century to the abbey charged to the Abbey of Our Lady of Paimpont . For a long time the market town was only formed by the abbey with its surrounding buildings for the reception of the pilgrims, the cemetery and a few houses. Only after the secularization of the abbey, during the French Revolution , did the market town begin to develop.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 1791 1714 1559 1449 1385 1395 1621 1711
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Paimpont church and abbey building

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Paimpont

  • The abbey with the Notre-Dame church (13th century)
  • Comper Castle in Concoret with the Artus Center
  • The Paimpont forge (17th century)
  • The Paimpont forest and its lakes
The lake "Feenspiegel" in the valley of no return ( Val sans return )
  • The world of legends surrounding the forest of Brocéliande from the Celtic mysticism of the Arthurian legends finds some places of worship in today's Paimpont forest, e. B.
    • Merlin's grave
    • The fountain of youth
    • The source of Barenton
    • The valley of no return
      For details, see Brocéliande

Community partnerships

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 1104-1109.

Web links

Commons : Paimpont  - collection of images, videos and audio files