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QUIMPERLE

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 751 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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QUIMPERLE , a See also:

town of western See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Finistere, at the confluence of two See also:rivers which unite to See also:form the Laiter, 28 m. E.S.E. of See also:Quimper by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) town 6203, See also:commune 9176. Quimperle See also:grew up See also:round the See also:abbey of Ste Croix, founded in the z 1th See also:century, the romanesque See also:basilica of which, restored in See also:modern times, still remains. The See also:church of St See also:Michel (14th and 15th centuries), with a See also:fine See also:tower, crowns the See also:hill above the town. Quimperle has a tribunal of first instance, and carries on the manufacture of See also:farm implements, railway material, See also:paper, &c., and trades in See also:grain, See also:timber, See also:cattle and agricultural products. The town has a small See also:port.

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