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Commune of Roscoff

Rosko

View of Roscoff from Île-de-Batz

Location

Coordinates

48°43′38″N 3°59′04″W / 48.72722, -3.98444

Administration

Saint-Pol-de-Léon

CdC du Pays Léonard

Joseph Seité
(2001-2008)

Statistics

Elevation

0 m–58 m
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Land area^¹

6. 19 km²

Population^²
(1999)

3,550

- Density

574/km² (1999)

Miscellaneous

INSEE/Postal code

29239/ 29680

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² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E

Roscoff (Breton: Rosko) is a commune in the arrondissement of Morlaix in the Finistère département, in France's Bretagne région. 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. The arrondissement of Morlaix is an arrondissement of France located in the Finistère department, in the Bretagne region. 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 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,

The nearby Île-de-Batz, called Enez Vaz in Breton, is a small island that can be reached by launch from the harbour. The Île de Batz ( Enez Vaz in Breton) is an island off Roscoff in Brittany, France. The Breton language ( Brezhoneg) formerly often called Armoric or Armorican, is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany A launch in contemporary usage refers to a large Motorboat. The name originally referred to the largest boat carried by a warship A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences) or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the Weather or are stored

After lobbying by local economic leaders headed by Alexis Gourvennec, the French Government agreed in 1968 to provide a deep water port at Roscoff. Alexis Gourvennec (January 11 1936 to February 19 2007 was a Breton pig farmer and economic leader who played a major role in the regeneration of Brittany after Existing ferry operators were reluctant to take on the relatively long Plymouth/Roscoff crossing, so Gourvennec and colleagues founded Brittany Ferries.

Since the early 1970s, Roscoff has been developed as a ferry port for the transport of Breton agricultural produce, and for car-based tourism. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. See also Merchant ship A ferry is a form of transport usually a Boat or Ship, used to carry (or ferry) passengers and Brittany Ferries' links with the United Kingdom and Ireland provide a boost to the local economy. Brittany Ferries is a French Ferry company that runs ships between France, the UK, Ireland and Spain. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world In the late 1990s people from the South West (of England) began to travel to Roscoff from Plymouth in order to stay for one or two days and import French wines at much cheaper prices than in England.

Roscoff is also a traditional departure point for Onion Johnnies. Onion Johnny is the Nickname given to the breton farmers and agricultural laborers that sell distinctive pink Onions door-to-door in England,

1 Monuments
2 Demographics
3 Historic events
4 Twinning
5 External links

Monuments

Notre-Dame de Croaz Batz (church)
The house known as "that of Mary, Queen of Scots"
The aquarium and the Station biologique de Roscoff, a research laboratory in oceanography and marine biology. Station biologique de Roscoff (SBR is a french Marine biology and Oceanography research and teaching center

Demographics

Inhabitants of Roscoff are called Roscovites.

As of the census of 1999, the town has a population of 3,550. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population

Historic events

In 1375, the harbour was destroyed by the Earl of Arundel. Richard FitzAlan "Copped Hat" 10th Earl of Arundel (9th Earl of Arundel per Ancestral Roots (c It would later be rebuilt at its current location, at Kroas Batz.
From 1522 to 1545-1550, construction the Church of Our Lady of Kroas Batz (see Monuments above).
In 1548, the six-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, having been betrothed to the Dauphin François, disembarks at Roscoff.
In 1790, Roscoff was raised to independent commune. Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Until this time, the town had effectively depended on Saint-Pol-de-Léon. Saint-Pol-de-Léon (Kastell-Paol is a commune in the Finistère department in Bretagne in northwestern France.

Twinning

Roscoff is twinned with the small North Devon (England) town of Great Torrington. Great Torrington (generally abbreviated to Torrington, though it should be noted that the villages of Little Torrington and Black Torrington are situated

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Contents

Monuments

Demographics

Historic events

Twinning

External links