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Coordinates:48°11′51″N4°05′19″W / 48.1975°N 4.0886°W /48.1975; -4.0886

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Subprefecture and commune in Brittany, France

Châteaulin Kastellin (Breton)
Subprefecture andcommune
Châteaulin and theAulne
Coat of arms
Location of Châteaulin
Châteaulin Show map of France Châteaulin Show map of Brittany
Coordinates:48°11′51″N4°05′19″W / 48.1975°N 4.0886°W /48.1975; -4.0886
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Crozon
Intercommunality	Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay
Government
• Mayor(2020–2026)	Gaëlle Nicolas^[1]
Area ¹	20.81 km² (8.03 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	5,106
• Density	250/km² (640/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29026 /29150
Elevation	2–206 m (6.6–675.9 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Châteaulin (French:[ʃɑtolɛ̃]^ⓘ;Breton:Kastellin) is acommune in theFinistère department andadministrative region ofBrittany in north-westernFrance. It is asub-prefecture of the department.

Geography

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Châteaulin is in a valley towards the center ofFinistère on the RiverAulne and theCanal de Nantes à Brest, mid-way betweenQuimper to the south andBrest to the north. To the west the Menez-Hom hills separate it from theCrozon peninsula and the Bay ofDouarnenez, which opens into theAtlantic Ocean.

Population

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InFrench the inhabitants of Châteaulin are known asChâteaulinois.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,514	—
1800	3,172	+3.38%
1806	3,161	−0.06%
1821	2,426	−1.75%
1831	2,783	+1.38%
1836	2,968	+1.30%
1841	2,548	−3.01%
1846	2,790	+1.83%
1851	2,849	+0.42%
1856	2,852	+0.02%
1861	2,892	+0.28%
1866	3,259	+2.42%
1872	3,339	+0.41%
1876	3,436	+0.72%
1881	3,462	+0.15%
1886	3,656	+1.10%
1891	3,677	+0.11%
1896	3,857	+0.96%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	3,874	+0.09%
1906	4,237	+1.81%
1911	4,271	+0.16%
1921	4,005	−0.64%
1926	3,766	−1.22%
1931	3,615	−0.82%
1936	3,702	+0.48%
1946	3,954	+0.66%
1954	3,958	+0.01%
1962	4,096	+0.43%
1968	4,370	+1.09%
1975	4,711	+1.08%
1982	5,357	+1.85%
1990	4,965	−0.95%
1999	5,157	+0.42%
2007	5,298	+0.34%
2012	5,181	−0.45%
2017	5,214	+0.13%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Breton language

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In 2008 1.96% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.^[5]

Economy

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Châteaulin's economy is based on food processing (salmon and poultry) and, to an ever-greater extent, tourism. TheGendarmerie 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

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Yves Marie André, better known asle Père André (1675–1764),Jesuit priest andphilosopher.
27 November 1761 : Birth ofJulien Marie Cosmao-Kerjulien (died in Brest 17 February 1825),Rear-Admiral andBaron d'Empire.
Jean Moulin, emblem of theFrench Resistance during theSecond World War, was thesub-prefect from 1930 to 1933.
Henri Ernest Ponthier de Chamaillard, usually known as Ernest de Chamaillard, (9 December 1862,Gourlizon – 1931,Eaubonne) was a French artist, one of a group of painters who gathered in the Breton village ofPont-Aven. He was a friend and student ofPaul Gauguin. In 1893, unable to make a living from his painting, he moved to Châteaulin behind Église Saint-Idunet where he worked as a lawyer until 1905.

International relations

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Châteaulin is twinned with:

References

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^"Répertoire national des élus: les maires".data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^"Populations de référence 2022" (in French).The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
^Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui:Commune data sheet Châteaulin,EHESS(in French).
^Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^(in French)Ofis ar Brezhoneg:Enseignement bilingue

External links

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Official website of the town of Châteaulin / Kastellin (in French)
Base Mérimée:Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture.(in French)

Wikimedia Commons has media related toChâteaulin.

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