Dol-de-Bretagne

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Coordinates: 48°33′02″N 1°44′59″W / 48.55056, -1.74972

Commune of Dol-de-Bretagne
Dol
Location
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Map highlighting the commune of
Coordinates 48°33′02″N 1°44′59″W / 48.55056, -1.74972
Administration
Country France
Region Bretagne
Department Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement Saint-Malo
Canton Dol-de-Bretagne
Intercommunality Pays de Dol-de-Bretagne
Mayor Michel Esneu
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 1–58 m
(avg. 16 m)
Land area¹ 15.53 km²
Population²
(1999)		 4563
 - Density 293/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 35095/ 35120
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Dol-de-Bretagne (Breton: Dol, Gallo: Dóu) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Bretagne in northwestern France.

Dol-de-Bretagne is reputed to be the origin of the royal House of Stuart who became the monarchs of Scotland and later the United Kingdom and there is a plaque in Dol commemorating that. In fact the Stuarts descend from the Fitzalan family, one of whom became the Seneschal of the Count of Dol and his son, Flaad Fitzalan, arrived in Britain in the army of William the Conqueror.

Flaad's grandson, Walter Fitzalan, was appointed the Ist Steward of Scotland by David I of Scotland and Malcolm IV of Scotland later confirmed the honour bestowed by David and made the office of Steward of Scotland hereditary in Walter's family.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Dol-de-Bretagne are called Dolois.

Change in Population
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2004
4483 4497 4624 4660 4629 4563 4 774
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting — residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.


See also


The Dol de Bretagne menhir, estimated weight is 125 to 150 tons

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