Châteaulin
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| Commune of Châteaulin / Kastellin | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | -04°05'19" W |
| Latitude | 48°11'51" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Bretagne |
| Department | 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 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Châteaulin (Kastellin in the Breton language) is a town and commune in the Bretagne région, north-west France, sous-préfecture of the Finistère département.
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[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.
[edit] Twin towns
Châteaulin is twinned with:
[edit] See also
- Cantons of the Finistère department
- Communes of the Finistère department
- Arrondissements of the Finistère department
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