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Commune of Châteaulin |
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| Kastellin | ||
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Bretagne | |
| Department | Finistère (sous-préfecture) | |
| Arrondissement | Châteaulin | |
| Canton | Châteaulin (chief town) | |
| Intercommunality | C. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Finistère (Penn-ar-Bed is a département of France, located in Brittany ( Breizh in Breton and Bretagne Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The arrondissement of Châteaulin is an arrondissement of France located in the Finistère department, in the Bretagne region The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. C. du Pays de Châteaulin et du Porzay | |
| Mayor | Yolande Boyer (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 2 m–206 m | |
| Land area¹ | 20. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. 81 km² | |
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5,157 | |
| - Density | 248/km² (1999) | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 29026/ 29150 | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE to identify various entities including communes Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | ||
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E | ||
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Châteaulin (Kastellin in the Breton language) is a town and commune in the Bretagne région, north-west France, sous-préfecture of the Finistère département. The Breton language ( Brezhoneg) formerly often called Armoric or Armorican, is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Finistère (Penn-ar-Bed is a département of France, located in Brittany ( Breizh in Breton and Bretagne In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division
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Geography
Châteaulin is located in a valley towards the center of the Finistère. Finistère (Penn-ar-Bed is a département of France, located in Brittany ( Breizh in Breton and Bretagne Situated on the Aulne, also Canal de Nantes à Brest there, Châteaulin is centrally located between Quimper to the south and Brest to the North. The Canal de Nantes à Brest is a French Canal which links the two cities of Nantes and Brest through inland Brittany. Quimper ( Breton: Kemper, Latin: Corspotium) is a commune and capital of the Finistère department in To the West, the Menez-Hom hills separate it from the Crozon peninsula and the Bay of Douarnenez which leads into the Atlantic Ocean. Douarnenez, (douar (land an enez (the island or land of the island is a commune in the Finistère department in Bretagne in northwestern
Demographics
Inhabitants of Châteaulin are called Châteaulinois.
As of the census of 1999, the town has a population of 5,157. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population
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 numerous recruits passing through the school are the economic backbone behind much of the town's night-life. A gendarmerie or gendarmery (dʒɛnˈdɑrməriː or /ˌʒɑndɑrməˈriː/ after the French is a Military body charged with Police duties among civilian
Tourism
Châteaulin is well equipped with shops and amenities. In the town you can find banks, tourist information, hairdressers and a great range of shops catering for almost all foreseeable requirements. Dining out in Châteaulin is an experience not to be missed. There are many restaurants to choose from offering a variety of cuisines.
Famous citizens
- Yves-Marie André, better known as Père André (1675-1764), jesuit priest and philosopher.
- November 27, 1761 : Birth of Julien Marie Cosmao-Kerjulien (died in Brest February 17, 1825), Rear-Admiral and Baron d'Empire. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Year 1761 ( MDCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Julien Marie Cosmao-Kerjulien ( Châteaulin, 27 November 1761 - Brest, 17 February 1825) was a French Navy officer admiral Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Rear admiral is a Naval Commissioned officer rank above that of a Commodore and Captain, and below that of a Vice Admiral. Nobles of the First French Empire were created by Napoleon Bonaparte to institute a stable elite in the First French Empire after the instability resulting from the French Revolution
- Jean Moulin, emblem of the french resistance during the Second World War, was the sous-préfet from 1930 to 1933. Jean Moulin ( June 20, 1899 – July 8, 1943) was a high-profile member of the French Resistance during World War II World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Subprefecture is an Administrative division of a country that is below Prefecture or Province.
Twin towns
Châteaulin is twinned with:
- Clonakilty,County Cork, Ireland. Clonakilty (Cloich na Coillte Clanna Chaoilte often referred to by locals simply as Clon, is a small town in West County Cork, Ireland, approximately County Cork (Contae Chorcaí is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world 
- Grimmen,Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
See also
- Cantons of the Finistère department
- Communes of the Finistère department
- Arrondissements of the Finistère department
External links
- Official website of the town of Châteaulin / Kastellin (in French)
- Satellite picture by Google Maps
- French Ministry of Culture list for Châteaulin (French)
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