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Location within Brittany region
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| Coordinates: 48°46′43″N 3°02′43″W / 48.7786°N 3.0453°WCoordinates: 48°46′43″N 3°02′43″W / 48.7786°N 3.0453°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Brittany | |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc | |
| Canton | Paimpol | |
| Intercommunality | Paimpol-Goëlo | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Jean-Yves de Chaisemartin | |
| Area1 | 23.61 km2 (9.12 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 7,835 | |
| • Density | 330/km2 (860/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22162 / 22500 | |
| Elevation | 0–86 m (0–282 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Paimpol (Breton: Pempoull) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.
It is a tourist destination, especially during the summer months when people are attracted by its port and beaches.
Inhabitants of Paimpol are called paimpolais in French.
The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 29 September 2008.
In 2008, 11.8% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.
The Gare de Paimpol is connected by trains to Gare de Guingamp with the Paris-Montparnasse–Brest line.
Blue and white striped-jumpers are immediately visible in the streets and are seen to reflect not only their pride in all things to do with the sea, but also in their région, Brittany.
The town centre leads from the port down to the coast, through cobbled streets filled with restaurants, cafés and bars. The town centre includes the Quartier Latin. It was at La place du Martray that Pierre Loti chose to put the house of Gaud, the heroine of his novel Pêcheur d'Islande. The attractions of the town are also a major theme of Guy Ropartz's opera Le Pays and Théodore Botrel's song La Paimpolaise.
Other popular tourist sights include: the Abbaye de Beauport dating back to 1202, and the chapels of Lanvignec, Ste Barbe and Kergrist. L'île de Bréhat is a rocky archipelago 10 minutes by ferry from the coast next to Paimpol. It is made up of two large islands connected by a bridge, and numerous smaller ones.
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