Châteaulin

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Administration
Commune of Châteaulin / Kastellin
Location
Longitude	-04°05'19" W
Latitude	48°11'51" N
Country	France
Région	Bretagne
Département	Finistère (sous-préfecture)
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Chief town of Châteaulin Canton
Intercommunality	Communauté de Communes du Pays de Châteaulin et du Porzay
Mayor	Yolande Boyer (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	2 m–206 m (avg. m)
Land area¹	20.81 km²
Population² (1999)	5,157
- Density (1999)	248/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	29026/ 29150
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: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Châteaulin (Kastellin in the Breton language) is a town and commune in the Bretagne région, north-west France, sous-préfecture of the Finistère département.

1 Geography
2 Economy
3 Famous citizens
4 Twin towns
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Geography

Châteaulin is located in a valley towards the center of the Finistère. Situated on the Aulne, also Canal de Nantes à Brest there, Châteaulin is centrally located between Quimper to the south and Brest to the North. To the West, the Menez-Hom hills separate it from the Crozon peninsula and the Bay of Douarnenez which leads into the Atlantic Ocean.

[edit] Economy

Châteaulin's economy rests on the twin bedrocks of food processing (salmon and poultry) and to an ever greater extent, tourism. The Gendarmerie school on the outskirts of the town provides for a large number of families and the numerous recruits passing through the school are the economic backbone behind much of the town's night-life.

[edit] Famous citizens

Yves-Marie André, better known as Père André (1675-1764), jesuit priest and philosopher.
November 27, 1761 : Birth of Julien Marie Cosmao-Kerjulien (died in Brest February 17, 1825), Rear-Admiral and Baron d'Empire.
Jean Moulin, emblem of the french resistance during the Second World War, was the sous-préfet from 1930 to 1933.