CONCARNEAU  , a fishing See also:

• PORT

port of western See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• FINISTERE, or FINISTERRE

Finistere, 14 M. by road S.E. of See also:

• QUIMPER

Quimper . Pop . (1906) 7887 . The See also:

• TOWN

town occupies a picturesque situation on an inlet opening into the See also:

• BAY

Bay of La Foret . The old portion stands on an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, and is surrounded by ramparts, parts of which are believed to date from the 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . It is an important centre of the sardine, See also:

• MACKEREL

mackerel and See also:

• LOBSTER (O.E. lopustre, lopystre, a corruption of Lat. locusta, lobster or other marine shell-fish; also a locust)

lobster See also:

• FISHERIES

fisheries . Sardine-preserving, See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat-See also:

• BUILDING

building and the manufacture of sardine-boxes are carried on .