Chateaulin
Châteaulin castelline |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Finistère | |
Arrondissement | Châteaulin ( sub-prefecture ) | |
Canton | Crozon | |
Community association | Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 12 ′ N , 4 ° 5 ′ W | |
height | 2–206 m | |
surface | 20.81 km 2 | |
Residents | 5,214 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 251 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 29150 | |
INSEE code | 29026 | |
Website | http://www.chateaulin.fr/ | |
Notre-Dame chapel in Châteaulin |
Châteaulin ( Breton Kastellin ) is a French commune with 5214 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) and a sub-prefecture in the Finistère department in Brittany . Châteaulin belongs to the canton of Crozon (capital of the canton of Châteaulin until 2015 ).
geography
Châteaulin is located in the center of the Finistère department, on the western edge of the Armorique Regional Nature Park ( Parc naturel régional d'Armorique ). The city lies on both banks of the Aulne , the longest river in the department, a few kilometers before it opens to its estuary northwest of the municipality .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2017 |
Residents | 4096 | 4370 | 4711 | 5357 | 4965 | 5157 | 5196 | 5214 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
economy
The town's coat of arms, which shows a salmon, indicates the importance of Châteaulin as a center of salmon fishing . The place has a train station on the Savenay – Landerneau railway line .
Attractions
See: List of Monuments Historiques in Châteaulin
Personalities
- Jean Moulin , an important leader of the French Resistance during the Second World War , was city prefect of Châteaulin from 1930 to 1933 . Moulin was later executed by SS officer Klaus Barbie during the German occupation of France .
- Camille Danguillaume (1919–1950), cyclist
Twin town
Châteaulin has been twinning with the German city of Grimmen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania since 1990
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 179-183.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry about the twin town of Châteaulin on the homepage of the town of Grimmen. Accessed on April 8, 2019, 11:34 pm