Paimbœuf

Paimbœuf
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Paimbœuf
Paimbœuf Paimbœuf
Coordinates: 47°17′00″N 2°02′00″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Saint-Nazaire
Canton	Saint-Brevin-les-Pins
Intercommunality	Sud-Estuaire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Raymond Charbonnier
Area 1	2 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)	3,023
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44116 /44560
Elevation	0–11 m (0–36 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Paimbœuf (French pronunciation: [pɛ̃bœf] (listen); 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. ±% 1793 4,509 —     1806 3,440 −23.7% 1821 3,376 −1.9% 1831 3,648 +8.1% 1841 3,900 +6.9% 1851 4,231 +8.5% 1861 3,509 −17.1% 1872 2,849 −18.8% 1881 2,664 −6.5% 1891 2,180 −18.2% 1901 2,196 +0.7% 1911 2,314 +5.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 2,454 +6.1% 1931 2,518 +2.6% 1946 2,567 +1.9% 1954 2,029 −21.0% 1962 3,580 +76.4% 1968 3,802 +6.2% 1975 3,565 −6.2% 1982 3,321 −6.8% 1990 2,842 −14.4% 1999 2,762 −2.8% 2007 3,093 +12.0% 2017 3,090 −0.1%

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
• fr:Paimbœuf