Country France Department Côtes-d'Armor Intercommunality Paimpol-Goëlo Area 23.61 km² Local time Monday 7:45 PM | Region Brittany Canton Paimpol Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 7,932 (1999) Arrondissement Saint-Brieuc | |
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Weather 9°C, Wind W at 21 km/h, 93% Humidity Points of interest Abbaye de Beauport, Musée de la mer, La Vapeur du Trieux | ||
Paimpol (Breton: Pempoull) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.
Contents
- Map of Paimpol France
- Population
- Breton language
- Transport
- Sights
- Events
- International relations
- References
Map of Paimpol, France
It is a tourist destination, especially during the summer months when people are attracted by its port and beaches.
Population
Inhabitants of Paimpol are called paimpolais in French.
Breton language
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.
Transport
The Gare de Paimpol is connected by trains to Gare de Guingamp with the Paris-Montparnasse–Brest line.
Sights
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.
Other places of interest in the area include the Moulin de Craca and Circuit de falaises in Plouézec, as well as Pors-Even and the Tour de Kerroc'h in Ploubazlanec.
The Monument to Théodore Botrel in Paimpol is by Pierre Charles Lenoir
The monument aux morts has sculpture by André César Vermare
Events
Tourists are well catered for with regular events such as the Tuesday morning street market, night-markets, and "Mardi du port" – where tourists can enjoy diverse world music beside the port.
Paimpol is also home to the bi-annual "Fête des chants de marin" (sea shanty festival) which attracts thousands of visitors over three days in August.
International relations
The following towns are twinned with Paimpol: