Châteaulin, Finistère Département, Brittany, France
🇫🇷 Châteaulin is a commune in the Finistère department and administrative region of Brittany in north-western France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
Geography Châteaulin is located in a valley towards the centre 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.
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. A cake shop is also well known within the area of Châteaulin, "Histoire de Macaron" is famous thanks to its tasty and wide range of macarons as well as the Java, created in 1907 by Mister Le Meur, which is a legend in the city.
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Châteaulin has a population of over 5,189 people. Châteaulin also forms the centre of the wider Châteaulin Arrondissement which has a population of over 82,403 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Châteaulin has links with:
🇮🇪 Clonakilty, Ireland 🇩🇪 Grimmen, Germany🇦🇹 Innere Stadt 48.2
🇦🇹 Sankt Pölten 48.2
🇫🇷 Ribeauvillé 48.2
🇦🇹 Ried im Innkreis 48.21
🇺🇸 Coupeville 48.217
🇦🇹 Margareten 48.183
🇦🇹 Landstraße 48.183
🇫🇷 Pithiviers 48.172
🇩🇪 Fürstenfeldbruck 48.167
🏴 Aberystwyth -4.085
🏴 Barnstaple -4.06
🇪🇸 Torrelavega -4.049
🇨🇮 Treichville -4.014
🏴 Motherwell -3.985
Locations Near: Châteaulin -4.09111,48.1967
🇫🇷 Quimper -4.107,47.992 d: 22.8
🇫🇷 Brest -4.484,48.392 d: 36.3
🇫🇷 Morlaix -3.839,48.579 d: 46.4
🇫🇷 Lannion -3.459,48.732 d: 75.6
🇫🇷 Guingamp -3.144,48.56 d: 80.8
🇫🇷 Pontivy -2.97,48.064 d: 84.5
🇫🇷 Saint-Brieuc -2.765,48.514 d: 104.1
🇫🇷 Vannes -2.75,47.66 d: 116.4
🇬🇬 St Peter Port -2.537,49.456 d: 180.4
Antipodal to: Châteaulin 175.909,-48.197
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