Paimpont
Paimpont (French pronunciation: [pɛ̃pɔ̃]; Breton: Pempont; Gallo: Penpont) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
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. The town grew up around the abbey of Our Lady of Paimpont, 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.
Population
Inhabitants of Paimpont are called Paimpontais in French.
| 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
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ Dauzat, Albert; Rostaing, Charles (1979). Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu en France. Paris: Librairie Guénégaud. pp. 515–6. ISBN 2-85023-076-6.
- ^ "Abbaye de Paimpont". Brocéliande (in French). Retrieved 14 August 2020.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paimpont.
- Official website Paimpont (in French)
- Cultural Heritage (in French)
- www.paimpont.org (in French)
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