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DOUARNENEZ

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 440 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DOUARNENEZ  , a fishing-

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port of western France, in the department of Finistere, on the
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southern
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shore of the
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Bay of Douarnenez 15 m . N.W. of
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Quimper by
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rail . Pop . (1906) 13,472 . Its sardine fishery, which is carried on from the end of
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June to the beginning of December, gives occupation to about 800 boats, and between 3000 and 4000 men, and the preserving of the fish is an important industry .
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Mackerel fishing, boat-
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building and rope and
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net making also occupy the inhabitants . There is a lighthouse on the small island of Tristan off Douarnenez .

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