Daoulas
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Brest | |
| Canton | Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch | |
| Community association | Pays de Landerneau-Daoulas | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 22 ′ N , 4 ° 16 ′ W | |
| height | 0-97 m | |
| surface | 5.42 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,786 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 330 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29460 | |
| INSEE code | 29043 | |
| Website | http://www.daoulas.com/ | |
Daoulas ( Breton Daoulaz ) is a French commune in north-west Brittany in the Finistère department with 1786 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Brest and the canton of Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch .
geography
The municipality of Daoulas is located 16 kilometers southeast of Brest and about 480 kilometers west of Paris . It is located at the confluence of the rivers Mignonne and Lézuzan , which flow into the Atlantic Ocean as a funnel mouth under the name Daoulas in the Bay of Brest .
history
The old village center was built around the abbey founded in the 6th century and rebuilt in the 12th century by the Viscount of Léon . The castle was destroyed by the English in the 15th century.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2010 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1117 | 1022 | 1046 | 1401 | 1640 | 1794 | 1782 | 1786 |
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traffic
The municipality can be reached via one exit from the expressway E 60 (Brest– Nantes ) and another on the E 50 (Brest – Rennes ) near Landerneau .
At Landerneau there is a regional train station on the Brest – Rennes and Brest – Nantes lines. Brest train station is the terminus of the TGV Atlantique to Paris.
The Aéroport de Brest Bretagne regional airport is located near Brest .
Attractions
- Notre-Dame Abbey
See: also: List of Monuments historiques in Daoulas
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 357-363.
