Cancale

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FieldValue
nameCancale
native namemis (Gallo)
br
commune statusCommune
image coat of armsBlason ville fr Cancale (Ille-et-Vilaine).svg
imageCancale.jpg
captionCancale, Port de la Houle
coordinates
arrondissementSaint-Malo
cantonSaint-Malo-1
INSEE35049
postal code35260
mayorPierre-Yves Mahieu
term2020–2026
intercommunalityCA Pays de Saint-Malo
elevation m45
elevation min m0
elevation max m56
area km212.6
population
population date
population footnotes
image flagFlag of Cancale.gif
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Cancale (; ; Gallo: Cauncall) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is known as the birthplace of Saint Jeanne Jugan.

Population

Inhabitants of Cancale are called Cancalais in French.

|source = INSEE |percentages = pagr |align = none |1968 |5019 |1975 |4780 |1982 |4638 |1990 |4910 |1999 |5203 |2007 |5293 |2012 |5231 |2017 |5121 |2018 |5147 |2019 |5226

Geography

Location

Cancale is located at the western end of the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, on the coasts of Ille-et-Vilaine (Côte d'Émeraude), fifteen kilometers east of Saint-Malo. The bay of Cancale is delimited by the pointe des Roches Noires in the south and the pointe des Crolles in the north.

Tourism

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Cancale lies along the coast to the east of Saint-Malo. It is a picturesque fishing port popular with visitors, many of whom are drawn by its reputation as the "oyster capital" of Brittany. Though a small town, it is well served by a large number of restaurants, many specialising in seafood. When not eating one can sit and watch the bustle of this busy little town with many stalls selling crustaceans of all types.

The oyster market (marché aux huîtres) at the harbour at the end of Quai de l'Administrateur en Chef Thomas offers a wide variety of local oysters at producer prices. At low tide part of the vast oyster beds can visited.

There is a pleasant coastal path which permits a circular walk from the town to the Pointe du Grouin with views across the bay towards Mont Saint-Michel.

Eugène Feyen painted Cancale and the inhabitants with the oyster-picking Cancalaises for several decades around 1865–1908. Vincent van Gogh wrote that "Eugène Feyen is one of the few painters who pictures intimate modern life as it is really, and does not turn it into fashion plates".

John Singer Sargent featured Cancale in his works: Fishing for Oysters at Cancale and *Low tide at Cancal Harbour *

Oysters

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/L'ostreicultureenprintemps.jpg" caption="Oyster farms in springtime"] ::

History has it that Louis XIV had his oysters brought to Versailles from Cancale. Centuries later, the farming of oysters is still a major activity in the port and there are oyster beds covering about 7.3 square kilometres easily seen from the pier at the harbour. These beds harvest about 25,000 tons of oysters each year.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/France_Oyster_Harvest_bordercropped.jpg" caption="Harvesting oysters from the pier at Cancale, 2005"] ::

International relations

Cancale is twinned with:

Historically, its position made it vulnerable to English attack during the Seven Years' War. In 1758 an English army under the Duke of Marlborough landed here for the purpose of attacking Saint-Malo, and pillaged the town. It was again bombarded by the English in 1779.

Climate

|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Cancale (1981–1998 normals, extremes 1944–1998) |Jan record high C = 16.0 |Feb record high C = 18.8 |Mar record high C = 21.2 |Apr record high C = 26.0 |May record high C = 27.2 |Jun record high C = 32.7 |Jul record high C = 36.2 |Aug record high C = 32.2 |Sep record high C = 31.4 |Oct record high C = 30.2 |Nov record high C = 19.2 |Dec record high C = 17.0 |Jan record low C = -10.6 |Feb record low C = -9.0 |Mar record low C = -4.2 |Apr record low C = 0.8 |May record low C = 1.0 |Jun record low C = 6.2 |Jul record low C = 10.0 |Aug record low C = 9.2 |Sep record low C = 6.6 |Oct record low C = 2.6 |Nov record low C = -3.0 |Dec record low C = -7.2 |Jan high C = 8.3 |Feb high C = 8.3 |Mar high C = 10.7 |Apr high C = 12.3 |May high C = 15.6 |Jun high C = 18.2 |Jul high C = 20.6 |Aug high C = 21.1 |Sep high C = 19.1 |Oct high C = 15.7 |Nov high C = 11.6 |Dec high C = 9.3 | year high C = 14.3 |Jan mean C = 6.3 |Feb mean C = 6.1 |Mar mean C = 8.3 |Apr mean C = 9.7 |May mean C = 12.8 |Jun mean C = 15.4 |Jul mean C = 17.8 |Aug mean C = 18.4 |Sep mean C = 16.4 |Oct mean C = 13.3 |Nov mean C = 9.5 |Dec mean C = 7.3 | year mean C = 11.8 |Jan low C = 4.2 |Feb low C = 3.9 |Mar low C = 6.0 |Apr low C = 7.1 |May low C = 10.1 |Jun low C = 12.6 |Jul low C = 15.1 |Aug low C = 15.7 |Sep low C = 13.8 |Oct low C = 11.0 |Nov low C = 7.5 |Dec low C = 5.3 | year low C = 9.4 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 65.2 |Feb precipitation mm = 55.4 |Mar precipitation mm = 47.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 47.1 |May precipitation mm = 57.7 |Jun precipitation mm = 54.5 |Jul precipitation mm = 39.7 |Aug precipitation mm = 40.9 |Sep precipitation mm = 65.1 |Oct precipitation mm = 79.6 |Nov precipitation mm = 69.4 |Dec precipitation mm = 78.0 |year precipitation mm = 700.1 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 12.3 | Feb precipitation days = 9.7 | Mar precipitation days = 11.1 | Apr precipitation days = 9.6 | May precipitation days = 9.5 | Jun precipitation days = 8.3 | Jul precipitation days = 6.8 | Aug precipitation days = 7.0 | Sep precipitation days = 9.8 | Oct precipitation days = 12.3 | Nov precipitation days = 12.2 | Dec precipitation days = 12.8 | year precipitation days =121.4 |source 1 = Meteociel{{cite web |url=https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=35049001&normes=2010 |title=Normales et records pour Cancale (35) |publisher=Meteociel |access-date=14 December 2024}}}}

References

References

  1. (13 September 2022). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises.
  2. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-35049#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
  3. "Bienvenue - Marché aux huîtres Cancale".
  4. [https://www.googleartproject.com/galleries/3203515/23933759/24074110/ Fishing for Oysters at Cancale] {{webarchive. link. (2012-09-22 , Googleartproject.)
  5. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-11248622 St Clement in Jersey twins with Brittany town]
  6. {{EB1911

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