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CONCARNEAU

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 823 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CONCARNEAU  , a fishing

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port of western
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France in the
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department of
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Finistere, 14 M. by road S.E. of
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Quimper . Pop . (1906) 7887 . The
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town occupies a picturesque situation on an inlet opening into the
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Bay of La Foret . The old portion stands on an
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island, and is surrounded by ramparts, parts of which are believed to date from the 14th
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century . It is an important centre of the sardine,
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mackerel and
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lobster
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fisheries . Sardine-preserving,
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boat-
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building and the manufacture of sardine-boxes are carried on .

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