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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 (0.77 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	3,045
• 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] ^ⓘ; 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.	±% p.a.
1793	4,509	—
1821	3,376	−1.03%
1846	3,878	+0.56%
1872	2,849	−1.18%
1901	2,196	−0.89%
1926	2,624	+0.71%
1946	2,567	−0.11%
1962	3,580	+2.10%
1968	3,802	+1.01%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1975	3,565	−0.92%
1982	3,321	−1.01%
1990	2,842	−1.93%
1999	2,758	−0.33%
2007	3,093	+1.44%
2012	3,228	+0.86%
2017	3,090	−0.87%
2023	3,045	−0.24%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department