Ille-et-Vilaine Brittany France
48.019561,-2.174058

Paimpont

Paimpont (French pronunciation: [pɛ̃pɔ̃]; Breton: Pempont; Gallo: Penpont) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. The name is a compound of Old Breton pen "head" and the Latin borrowing pont "bridge" and is first attested in the 9th century in the Latinised form Caput Pontis and then in 870 CE as Penpont. The town grew up around the abbey of Our Lady of Paimpont, which was founded by the Breton king and Catholic saint Judicael in 645 CE on the shore of a small lake now known as the Étang de Paimpont.

Distance between:

Paris to Paimpont 216 Miles / 348 Kms
Marseille to Paimpont 490 Miles / 789 Kms


Population: 1781 inhabitants
Code of the commune: 35211
Postal Code: 35380