Plougastel-Daoulas

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Coordinates: 48°22′24″N 4°22′10″W / 48.37333, -4.36944

Commune of Plougastel-Daoulas
Women of Plougastel by Charles Cottet, 1903
Location
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Map highlighting the commune of
Coordinates 48°22′24″N 4°22′10″W / 48.37333, -4.36944
Administration
Country France
Region Bretagne
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Brest
Canton Daoulas
Intercommunality Brest Métropole Océane
Mayor Dominique Cap
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 0 m–145 m
(avg. 110 m)
Land area¹ 46.83 km²
Population²
(1999)		 12,248
 - Density 262/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 29189/ 29470
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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

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

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[edit] Demographics

Inhabitants of Plougastel-Daoulas are called Plougastels.

As of the census of 1999, the town has a population of 12,248.

[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.

[edit] Tourism

The Albert Louppe Bridge or Plougastel Bridge over the Elorn River is situated in the commune.

[edit] Miscellaneous

Plougastel is twinned with Westport, County Mayo, a town in the west of Ireland.

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