Saint-Pol-de-Léon
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| Commune of Saint-Pol-de-Léon | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | -3.98° |
| Latitude | 48.68° |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Bretagne |
| Département | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Morlaix |
| Canton | Saint-Pol-de-Léon (chief town) |
| Intercommunality | |
| Mayor | Adrien Kervella (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | m–m (avg. m) |
| Land area¹ | 23.43 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
7,121 |
| - Density (1999) | 304/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29259/ 29250 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Saint-Pol-de-Léon (Kastell-Paol in Breton) is a commune of the Finistère département in Brittany in France.
It is famous for its 13th century cathedral on the site of the original founded by Saint Paul Aurelian in the 6th century. It was also the scene of a battle during the Breton War of Succession, where the Montfortists and their English allies defeated an army led by Charles of Blois.
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