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