Camaret-sur-Mer (; ) is a

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in the

Finistère Finistère (, ; br, Penn-ar-Bed ) is a department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.

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in northwestern

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, located at the end of Crozon peninsula.

Sights

Camaret-sur-Mer is home to the ''

Tour Vauban The Tour Vauban ( Vauban Tower), initially known as the tour de Camaret, is an 18m-high polygonal defensive tower built to a plan by Vauban on the Sillon at Camaret-sur-Mer, as part of the fortifications of the goulet de Brest. It has three lev ...

'' or ''Tour dorée'' (lit. "Golden Tower"), a historic fortification guarding the harbor and built in 1669–94. In 2008, the ''Tour dorée'' was listed as a

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, as part of the "

Fortifications of Vauban A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

" group. Camaret also is home to a

marina A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : ''marina'', "coast" or "shore") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats. A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships o ...

and some

beach A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological sources, such as mollusc shel ...

es.

Population

Inhabitants of Camaret-sur-Mer are called ''Camarétois''.

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Twinning

Camaret-sur-Mer is twinned with

St Ives, Cornwall St Ives ( kw, Porth Ia, meaning "Ia of Cornwall, St Ia's cove") is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commerci ...

, UK.

References

External links

Official website
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more than 500 photos of the Crozon Peninsula
Communes of Finistère Port cities and towns on the French Atlantic coast Seaside resorts in France {{Finistère-geo-stub

Sights

Population

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Twinning

See also

References

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