Roscanvel
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Chateaulin | |
| Canton | Crozon | |
| Community association | Presqu'île de Crozon-Aulne maritime | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 19 ′ N , 4 ° 33 ′ W | |
| height | 0-78 m | |
| surface | 9.08 km 2 | |
| Residents | 839 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 92 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29570 | |
| INSEE code | 29238 | |
| Website | http://roscanvel.presquile-crozon.com/ | |
 Saint-Éloi church |
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Roscanvel ( Breton Roskañvel ) is a French commune with a small fishing port in the very west of Brittany in the Finistère department with 839 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
geography
The municipality is located in the north of the Crozon peninsula directly on the Atlantic Ocean in the Armorique Regional Nature Park ( French Parc naturel régional d'Armorique ).
Brest is eight kilometers northwest on the opposite bank of the Rade de Brest Bay , Quimper 48 kilometers southeast and Paris about 515 kilometers east (all information as the crow flies ).
At Le Faou and Châteaulin the next exits are on the expressway E 60 ( 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 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2017 |
| Residents | 629 | 613 | 574 | 697 | 740 | 787 | 919 | 839 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Éloi church
- Fort des Capucins
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Roscanvel
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 350-353.
