Plougastel-Daoulas

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Administration
Commune of Plougastel-Daoulas
Location
Longitude	04° 22' 10" W
Latitude	48° 22' 24" N
Country	France
Region	Bretagne
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Canton	Daoulas
Mayor	Dominique Cap (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	0 m–145 m (avg. 110 m)
Land area¹	46.83 km²
Population² (1999)	12,248
- Density (1999)	262/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	29189/ 29470
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Plougastel-Daoulas (Breton: Plougastell-Daoulaz) is a small town and commune in the west of Finistère département in Brittany, France.

1 Strawberries
2 Tourism
3 Miscellaneous
4 External links

[edit] Strawberries

The region is famous for its production of strawberries (fraises de Plougastel). The New World species of strawberry, Fragaria chiloensis, which had been introduced into France by Amédée-François Frézier (1682-1773), flourished in the marine climate of Plougastel. Gardeners there had observed that this species bore abundant fruit when Fragaria moschata and Fragaria virginiana were planted in between rows of it. There had been failed attempts to cultivate fragaria chiloensis in Anjou, Touraine, and the lower-Loire areas.