Paimbœuf

Paimbœuf is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, lying on the south bank of the River Loire upriver from St Nazaire but considerably downriver from Nantes.

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 km^2 (0.8 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	3,090
• Density	1,500/km^2 (4,000/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.[2]

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%
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

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Van Wyen, Adrian O. (1969). Naval Aviation in World War I. Washington, D.C.: Chief of Naval Operations. p. 61.