Camaret-sur-Mer
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Camaret-sur-Mer Cameled |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Chateaulin | |
| Canton | Crozon | |
| Community association | Presqu'île de Crozon-Aulne maritime | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 17 ′ N , 4 ° 36 ′ W | |
| height | 0-65 m | |
| surface | 11.64 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,543 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 218 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29570 | |
| INSEE code | 29022 | |
| Website | http://www.camaret-sur-mer.com/ | |
 Camaret-sur-Mer harbor |
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Camaret-sur-Mer ( Breton Kameled ) is a French commune and a fishing port in the very west of Brittany in the Finistère department with 2543 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). The municipality is located on the Crozon peninsula in the immediate vicinity of the Atlantic coast in the Armorique Regional Nature Park ( French Parc naturel régional d'Armorique ).
geography
Brest is 15 kilometers northwest, Quimper 47 kilometers southeast and Paris about 510 kilometers east. At Le Faou and Châteaulin , the next exits are on the E 60 expressway ( Nantes- Brest) and u. a. The nearest train stations are in Châteaulin, Quimper and Brest. There is a regional airport near Brest .
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1891 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 685 | 2003 | 3593 | 3272 | 3047 | 2933 | 2668 | 2618 | 2595 | 2543 |
Attractions
- Vauban's Tower , together with other works throughout France, since 2008 a UNESCO World Heritage Site “ Fortifications of Vauban ”
- Notre-Dame de Rocamadour chapel, the oldest components of which date from 1527
- Rows of stones from Lagatjar , an arrangement of 72 menhirs in three rows
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Camaret-sur-Mer
Community partnerships
Camaret-sur-Mer's partner communities are Büsum in Schleswig-Holstein and St Ives (Cornwall) in England. Camaret-sur-Aigues in the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur is known as a sister community.
Born in Camaret
- René Vautier (1928–2015), documentary filmmaker and director
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 312-321.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Le Comité de Jumelage de Camaret-sur-Mer - Nos villes jumelles & notre ville soeur , accessed on October 14, 2019