Châteaulin

Châteaulin

Châteaulin
Kastellin

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Châteaulin and the Aulne
Châteaulin is located in France
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Châteaulin
Administration
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Châteaulin
Canton Châteaulin
Intercommunality Pays de Châteaulin et du Porzay
Mayor Gaëlle Nicolas
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 2–206 m (6.6–676 ft)
Land area1 20.81 km2 (8.03 sq mi)
Population2 5,247  (2008)
 - Density 252 /km2 (650 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 29026/ 29150
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 48°11′51″N 4°05′19″W / 48.1975°N 4.088611°W / 48.1975; -4.088611

Châteaulin (Kastellin in the Breton language) is a commune in the Finistère department in the region of Brittany in north-western France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.

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Geography

Châteaulin is located in a valley towards the center of the Finistère. Situated on the Aulne River, 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.

Population

Inhabitants of Châteaulin are called in French Châteaulinois.

Historical populations
Year Pop. ±%
1793 2,514
1800 3,172 +26.2%
1806 3,161 −0.3%
1821 2,426 −23.3%
1831 2,783 +14.7%
1836 2,968 +6.6%
1841 2,548 −14.2%
1846 2,790 +9.5%
1851 2,849 +2.1%
1856 2,852 +0.1%
1861 2,892 +1.4%
1866 3,259 +12.7%
1872 3,339 +2.5%
1876 3,436 +2.9%
1881 3,462 +0.8%
1886 3,656 +5.6%
1891 3,677 +0.6%
1896 3,857 +4.9%
1901 3,874 +0.4%
1906 4,237 +9.4%
1911 4,271 +0.8%
1921 4,005 −6.2%
1926 3,766 −6.0%
1931 3,615 −4.0%
1936 3,702 +2.4%
1946 3,954 +6.8%
1954 3,958 +0.1%
1962 4,096 +3.5%
1968 4,370 +6.7%
1975 4,711 +7.8%
1982 5,357 +13.7%
1990 4,965 −7.3%
1999 5,169 +4.1%
2008 5,247 +1.5%

Breton language

In 2008, 1.96% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.[1]

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 many recruits passing through the school provide the economic backbone of the town's night-life.

Personalities

  • Yves-Marie André, better known as Père André (1675–1764), Jesuit priest and philosopher.
  • 27 November 1761 : Birth of Julien Marie Cosmao-Kerjulien (died in Brest 17 February 1825), Rear-Admiral and Baron d'Empire.
  • Jean Moulin, emblem of the French Resistance during the Second World War, was the sub-prefect from 1930 to 1933.

International relations

Châteaulin is twinned with:

See also

Morning fog over the Aulne river

References

  1. ^ (French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

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