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PAIMPOL

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 456 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PAIMPOL , a fishing See also:

port of western See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Cotes-du-See also:Nord, 271 M. N.N.W. of St Brieuc by road. Pop. (1906), 2340. Paimpol is well known for its association with the Icelandic See also:cod-See also:fisheries, for which it annually equips a large See also:fleet. See also:Steam sawing and See also:boat-See also:building are carried on; See also:grain, &c., is exported; imports include See also:coal and See also:timber. A tribunal of See also:commerce and a school of flavigation are among the public institutions.

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