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 in a valley towards the center of Finistère on the River Aulne and the Canal de Nantes à Brest, mid-way 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 opens into the Atlantic Ocean.
Population In French the inhabitants of Châteaulin are known as Châteaulinois.
Breton language In 2008 1.96% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools. Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue
Economy Châteaulin's economy is based on 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.
Personalities Yves Marie André, better known as le Père André (1675–1764), Jesuit priest and philosopher. 27 November 1761 : Birth of Julien Marie Cosmao-Kerjulien (died in Brest 17 February 1825), Rear-Admiral and Baron d'Empire. Jean Moulin, emblem of the French Resistance during the Second World War, was the sub-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 of Pont-Aven. He was a friend and student of Paul 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 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 Parc naturel régional d'Armorique Brennilis Parish close
References
External links Official website of the town of Châteaulin / Kastellin (in French)