- Plougastel-Daoulas
French commune
nomcommune=Plougastel-Daoulas
caption="Women of Plougastel" byCharles Cottet , 1903
x=16
y=82
lat_long=coord|48|22|24|N|4|22|10|W|region:FR_type:city
région=Bretagne
département=Finistère
arrondissement=Brest
canton=Daoulas
insee=29189
cp=29470
maire=Dominique Cap
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Brest Métropole Océane
alt moy=110 m
alt mini=0
alt maxi=145 m
hectares=4683
km²=46.83
sans=12,248
date-sans=1999
dens=262
date-dens=1999Plougastel-Daoulas ( _br. Plougastell-Daoulaz) is a commune in the
Finistère department inBretagne in northwesternFrance .Demographics
Inhabitants of Plougastel-Daoulas are called "Plougastels".
trawberries
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 byAmédée-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" inAnjou ,Touraine , and the lower-Loire areas.Tourism
The "Albert Louppe Bridge" or "
Plougastel Bridge " over the Elorn River is situated in the commune.Miscellaneous
Plougastel is twinned with
Westport, County Mayo , a town in the west of Ireland.External links
*fr icon [http://www.musee-fraise.org/ Musée de la fraise]
*fr icon [http://www.coursedupont.com/ La course du pont sur l'Elorn - May, 19 2006]
*en icon [http://www.nal.usda.gov/pgdic/Strawberry/book/bokfour.htm G.M. Darrow, The Strawberry: History, Breeding and Physiology]
* [http://www4.culture.fr/patrimoines/patrimoine_architectural_et_mobilier/sribzh/main.xsp?execute=parsed_query&query=com:|Plougastel-Daoulas|&tri=region&tri=dpt&tri=com&tri=adrstri&tri=lieu&tri=edif&tri=tico Cultural Heritage]
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