Crozon
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| Commune of Crozon | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | -4.4875 |
| Latitude | 48.245834 |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Bretagne |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Châteaulin |
| Canton | Crozon |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de Communes de la Presqu'île de Crozon |
| Mayor | Jean Cornec (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 0 m–102 m (avg. 85 m) |
| Land area¹ | 80,37 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
7535 |
| - Density () | env. 94/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29042/ 29160 |
| 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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Crozon (Kraozon in Breton) is a commune in the département of Finistère, Bretagne, France. The commune of Crozon is located on the Crozon peninsula on the west coast of Finistère. It is bordered by the communes of Camaret-sur-Mer to the west, Roscanvel to the northwest, Lanvéoc to the north, Landévennec to the north-east and Telgruc-sur-Mer to the east. Crozon is the chef-lieu of the arrondissement of Châteaulin. Louis Jouvet, a French actor, was born in Crozon in 1887.
