CHâTEAULIN

'Châteaulin' (''Kastellin'' in the Breton language) is a town and commune in the Bretagne ''région'', north-west France, ''sous-préfecture'' of the Finistère ''département''.

Contents

Geography

Economy

Famous citizens

Twin towns

See also

External links

Geography

Châteaulin is located in a valley towards the center of the Finistère. 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. To the West, the ''Menez-Hom'' hills separate it from the ''Crozon'' peninsula and the ''Bay of Douarnenez'' which leads into the Atlantic Ocean.

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.

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.

★ Jean Moulin, emblem of the french resistance during the Second World War, was the sous-préfet from 1930 to 1933.

Twin towns

Châteaulin is twinned with:

★ - Clonakilty,County Cork, Ireland.

★ - 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