Crozon

Crozon Kraozon
Commune
The church of Saint-Pierre, in Crozon
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Crozon
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Coordinates: 48°14′45″N 4°29′15″W / 48.2458°N 4.4875°W / 48.2458; -4.4875
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Châteaulin
Canton	Crozon
Intercommunality	Presqu'île de Crozon-Aulne maritime
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Berthelot[1]
Area ^1	80.37 km^2 (31.03 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	7,410
• Density	92.2/km^2 (239/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29042 /29160
Elevation	0–102 m (0–335 ft) (avg. 85 m or 279 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Crozon (French pronunciation: [kʁɔzɔ̃], [kʁozɔ̃]; Breton: Kraozon [ˈkrɔːzõn], locally [ˈkraõn]) is a commune in the department of Finistère and the administrative region of Brittany, northwestern France. Besides the town of Crozon, the village of Morgat is part of the commune.^[3]

Crozon is located on the Crozon Peninsula on the west coast of Finistère. It is bordered by the communes of Camaret-sur-Mer to the west, Roscanvel to the northwest, Lanvéoc to the north, Landévennec to the north-east and Telgruc-sur-Mer to the east. Crozon is the chef-lieu of the arrondissement of Châteaulin. Louis Jouvet, a French actor, was born in Crozon in 1887.

Crozon harbours Île Longue, the base of the French strategic nuclear submarines.

Tourism

In common with many other French towns, Crozon has a number of fêtes and festivals at various times of year. Probably the best known festival held in Crozon is the Festival du Bout du Monde ("World's End Festival"), a live music festival held on the first weekend in August.

Crozon has various shops and a couple of supermarkets for daily needs. There is also a local produce market most mornings in front of the church. A bigger market called 'la Foire' takes place every first Wednesday of the month.

Population

Inhabitants of Crozon are called in French Crozonnais.

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 6,200 —     1800 6,492 +0.66% 1806 6,664 +0.44% 1821 6,393 −0.28% 1831 8,034 +2.31% 1836 8,209 +0.43% 1841 8,858 +1.53% 1846 8,576 −0.64% 1851 8,815 +0.55% 1856 8,489 −0.75% 1861 8,651 +0.38% 1866 8,946 +0.67%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1872 8,929 −0.03% 1876 7,763 −3.44% 1881 8,223 +1.16% 1886 8,585 +0.87% 1891 8,276 −0.73% 1896 8,340 +0.15% 1901 8,625 +0.67% 1906 8,780 +0.36% 1911 8,323 −1.06% 1921 7,715 −0.76% 1926 7,454 −0.69% 1931 7,206 −0.67%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1936 7,015 −0.54% 1946 7,712 +0.95% 1954 7,032 −1.15% 1962 6,741 −0.53% 1968 6,895 +0.38% 1975 7,297 +0.81% 1982 7,525 +0.44% 1990 7,705 +0.30% 1999 7,535 −0.25% 2007 7,682 +0.24% 2012 7,692 +0.03% 2017 7,477 −0.57%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Breton language

In 2008, 4.58% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.^[6]

International relations

Crozon is twinned with the following places:

• Sligo, Ireland
• Ulm, Germany
• Pralognan-la-Vanoise, France

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• Parc naturel régional d'Armorique

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Morgat on patrimoine.region-bretagne.fr
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Crozon, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
6. (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

• Site with map and info on Finistère communes

External links

• (in French) Commune's website
• more than 500 photos of the Crozon Peninsula
• (in French) Crozon Cultural Heritage
• (in French) Maritime Heritage : Crozon-Morgat's fishing history and boats