Paignton
Paignton is a seaside town in the Torbay area of the English Riviera and South Devon region of Devon. The town, which has a history as a fishing village but is also on the railway line, is home to the well-known Paignton Zoo.
Photo: Ianmacm, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights: Paignton railway station and Palace Theatre.
Paignton railway station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Torquay and Cockington.
Paignton
- Categories: unparished area and locality
- Location: Torbay, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.4377° or 50° 26′ 16″ north
Longitude
-3.5633° or 3° 33′ 48″ west
Population
49,900
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Paignton” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Փեյնթոն”
- Armenian: “Փեյնտոն”
- Asturian: “Paignton”
- Azerbaijani: “Peynton”
- Basque: “Paignton”
- Belarusian: “Пейнтан”
- Bulgarian: “Пейнтън”
- Catalan: “Paignton”
- Cebuano: “Paignton”
- Chinese: “佩恩頓”
- Czech: “Paignton”
- Dutch: “Paignton”
- Esperanto: “Paignton”
- French: “Paignton”
- German: “Paignton”
- Hebrew: “פיינטון”
- Irish: “Paignton”
- Italian: “Paignton”
- Japanese: “ペイントン”
- Korean: “페인턴”
- Ladin: “Paignton”
- Latin: “Peintona”
- Latvian: “Peintona”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Paignton”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Paignton”
- Persian: “پینتون”
- Polish: “Paignton”
- Portuguese: “Paignton”
- Romanian: “Paignton”
- Russian: “Пейнтон”
- Russian: “Пэйнтон”
- Serbian: “Пејнтон”
- Slovenian: “Paignton”
- South Azerbaijani: “پینتون”
- Spanish: “Paignton”
- Swedish: “Paignton”
- Tatar: “Пейнтон”
- Ukrainian: “Пейнтон”
- Volapük: “Paignton”
- Welsh: “Paignton”
- “Paignton”
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