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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-See also:

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

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