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.
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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 |
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• Mayor (2020–2026) | Raymond Charbonnier |
Area 1 | 2 km2 (0.8 sq mi) |
Population | 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. |
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]
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