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TREGUIER
, a See also:port of western See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Cotes-du-See also:Nord, 36 m
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N.W. of St Brieuc by road
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Pop
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(1906), 2605
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The port is situated about 52 m. from the See also:English Channel at the confluence of two streams that See also:form the Treguier See also:river; it carries on fishing and a See also:coasting and small See also:foreign See also:trade
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The See also:cathedral, remarkable in having three towers over the See also:transept, one of which is surmounted by a See also:fine See also:spire, See also:dates from the 14th and 15th centuries
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It contains the sumptuous See also:modern See also:mausoleum of St Yves (d
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1303), a See also:canon of the cathedral, the See also:building of which was largely due to him
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To the See also:south of the See also: In the 9th century it became the seat of a bishopric, suppressed in 1790 . |
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