About the town » Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Finistere, Brittany, France

Saint-Pol-de-Léon (Breton: Kastell-Paol) is a commune in the Finistère department in Brittany in north-western France, located on the coast.It is famous for its 13th-century cathedral on the site of the original founded by Saint Paul Aurelian in the 6th century. It has kept a unique architecture, such as Notre-Dame du Kreisker Chapel, an 80 m high chapel, which is the highest in Brittany. It was also the scene of a battle during the Breton War of Succession, where the Montfortists and their English allies defeated an army led by Charles of Blois.It is the first vegetable producer and farmers market of Brittany (90% of French artichoke production) and exports tens of thousands of vegetables to the whole of Europe every year.