Châteaulin

Châteaulin
Châteaulin; Kastellin
	Châteaulin and the Aulne
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	Châteaulin
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Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Châteaulin
Intercommunality	Pays de Châteaulin et du Porzay
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Gaëlle Nicolas
Area1	20.81 km2 (8.03 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	5,247
• Density	250/km2 (650/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Châteaulin (French: [ʃɑ.to.lɛ̃] ; Kastellin in the Breton language) is a commune in the Finistère department in the region of Brittany in north-western France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.

Geography

Châteaulin is located in a valley towards the center 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.

Population

Inhabitants of Châteaulin are called in French Châteaulinois.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,514	—
1800	3,172	+26.2%
1806	3,161	−0.3%
1821	2,426	−23.3%
1831	2,783	+14.7%
1836	2,968	+6.6%
1841	2,548	−14.2%
1846	2,790	+9.5%
1851	2,849	+2.1%
1856	2,852	+0.1%
1861	2,892	+1.4%
1866	3,259	+12.7%
1872	3,339	+2.5%
1876	3,436	+2.9%
1881	3,462	+0.8%
1886	3,656	+5.6%
1891	3,677	+0.6%
1896	3,857	+4.9%
1901	3,874	+0.4%
1906	4,237	+9.4%
1911	4,271	+0.8%
1921	4,005	−6.2%
1926	3,766	−6.0%
1931	3,615	−4.0%
1936	3,702	+2.4%
1946	3,954	+6.8%
1954	3,958	+0.1%
1962	4,096	+3.5%
1968	4,370	+6.7%
1975	4,711	+7.8%
1982	5,357	+13.7%
1990	4,965	−7.3%
1999	5,169	+4.1%
2008	5,247	+1.5%

Breton language

In 2008, 1.96% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.^[1]

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.