PLOUGASTEL-DAOULAS

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

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Strawberries

Tourism

Miscellaneous

External links

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.

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

★ Musée de la fraise

★ La course du pont sur l'Elorn - May, 19 2006

★ G.M. Darrow, The Strawberry: History, Breeding and Physiology

★ Cultural Heritage