The arrondissement of Châteaulin is an

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of France in the

Finistère Finistère (, ; ) is a Departments of France, department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. Its prefecture is Quimper and its largest city is Brest, France, Brest. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.department in the

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. It has 57

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. Its population is 81,081 (2021), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Châteaulin, and their

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s, are: # Argol (29001) # Berrien (29007) # Bolazec (29012) # Botmeur (29013) # Brasparts (29016) #

Brennilis Brennilis (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Geography Climate Brennilis has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Brennilis is . The aver ...

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Camaret-sur-Mer Camaret-sur-Mer (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department in northwestern France, located at the end of Crozon peninsula. Sights Camaret-sur-Mer is home to the '' Tour Vauban'' or ''Tour dorée'' (lit. "Golden Tower"), a historic fortifi ...

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Carhaix-Plouguer Carhaix-Plouguer (; ), commonly known as just Carhaix (), is a commune in the French department of Finistère, region of Brittany, France. The commune was created in 1957 by the merger of the former communes Carhaix and Plouguer.

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Châteaulin 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 ...

(29026) #

Châteauneuf-du-Faou Châteauneuf-du-Faou (, before 1958: ''Châteauneuf'') is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Geography Châteauneuf-du-Faou is located in the middle of Brittany, between Monts d'Arrée and Montagne Noi ...

(29027) #

Cléden-Poher Cléden-Poher (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Cléden-Poher are called in French ''Clédinois''. Map See also *Communes of the Finistère department The fo ...

(29029) # Le Cloître-Pleyben (29033) # Collorec (29036) # Coray (29041) #

Crozon Crozon (, ; , , ) is a commune in the department of Finistère and the administrative region of Brittany, northwestern France. As well as the town of Crozon, the village of Morgat is part of the commune. Crozon is located on the Crozon penin ...

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Dinéault Dinéault (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department and administrative region of Brittany in north-western France. Population In French the inhabitants of Dinéault are known as ''Dinéaultais''. Geography The Menez Hom, a mountain that ...

(29044) #

La Feuillée La Feuillée (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of La Feuillée are called in French ''Feuillantins''. The population has been divided by three since the year 1881. Ge ...

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Le Faou Le Faou () is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Le Faou are called in French ''Faouistes''. Events The commune contains the village of Rumengol, location of a major religio ...

(29053) # Gouézec (29062) # Huelgoat (29081) # Kergloff (29089) #

Landeleau Landeleau (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Landeleau are called in French language, French ...

(29102) #

Landévennec Landévennec (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Geography Landévennec is located on the Crozon peninsula, southeast of Brest. The river Aulne forms a natural boundary to the ea ...

(29104) # Lannédern (29115) #

Lanvéoc Lanvéoc (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The École Navale, the French naval academy, is located here. Climate Lanvéoc has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The ...

(29120) # Laz (29122) #

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(29123) # Leuhan (29125) # Lopérec (29139) #

Loqueffret Loqueffret (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Located south of the monts d ' Arrée, in the eastern part of the Armorique regional natural park, it is a small rural village, former home of the P ...

(29141) # Lothey (29142) # Motreff (29152) #

Pleyben Pleyben (; ) is a commune in the Châteaulin arrondissement of Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The calvary in the churchyard dates from 1555. Population Inhabitants of Pleyben are called in French ''Pleybennois''. ...

(29162) # Ploéven (29166) # Plomodiern (29172) #

Plonévez-du-Faou Plonévez-du-Faou () is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Geography Climate Plonévez-du-Faou has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Plonéve ...

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Plonévez-Porzay Plonévez-Porzay (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Plonévez-Porzay are called in French ''Plonévéziens''. See also *Communes of the Finistère department The ...

(29176) # Plounévézel (29205) #

Plouyé Plouyé (; "Parish of Ia") is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Plouyé are called in French ''Plouyéziens''. See also *Communes of the Finistère department The foll ...

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Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The commune was created in 1949 under the name ''Pont-de-Buis'' from parts of Le Faou, Quimerch and Saint-Ségal. In 1965 it absorbed ...

(29302) # Port-Launay (29222) #

Poullaouen Poullaouen (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Locmaria-Berrien was merged into Poullaouen.Roscanvel Roscanvel (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. History List of Mayors Population Inhabitants of Roscanvel are called in French ''Roscanvelistes''. See also * Quélern *Communes of the F ...

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Rosnoën Rosnoën (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Rosnoën are called in French ''Rosnoënais''. Geography Rosnoën is located southeast of Brest. The village occupies ...

(29240) # Saint-Coulitz (29243) # Saint-Goazec (29249) #

Saint-Hernin Saint-Hernin (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The historian and librarian Georges Le Rider (1928-2014) was born in Saint-Hernin. Population Inhabitants of Saint-Hernin are called in French ''S ...

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Saint-Nic Saint-Nic (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Saint-Nic are called in French ''Saint-Nicais''. See also *Communes of the Finistère department *List of the works of Bas ...

(29256) # Saint-Rivoal (29261) #

Saint-Ségal Saint-Ségal (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Geography Climate Saint-Ségal has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Saint-Ségal is ...

(29263) # Saint-Thois (29267) # Scrignac (29275) #

Spézet Spézet (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Geography Spézet is a rural municipality in east central Finistère, historically belonging to Cornouaille. It is bounded on the west and north by th ...

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Telgruc-sur-Mer Telgruc-sur-Mer (, literally ''Telgruc on Sea''; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. History On 3 September 1944, during World War II, the village was subjected to heavy bombing by American B17s ...

(29280) # Trégarvan (29289) #

Trégourez Trégourez () is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Trégourez are called in French ''Trégourézois''. Map See also *Communes of the Finistère department The followin ...

(29291)

History

The arrondissement of Châteaulin was created in 1800.Historique du Finistère
/ref> At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Finistère, it lost three communes to the

arrondissement of Quimper The arrondissement of Quimper () is an Arrondissements of France, arrondissement of France in the Finistère Departments of France, department, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany. It has 84 Communes of France, communes. Its population is 32 ...

. As a result of the reorganisation of the

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which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Châteaulin were, as of January 2015:Populations légales 2012: 29 Finistère
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# Châteaulin # Châteauneuf-du-Faou #

# Le Faou # Huelgoat # Pleyben

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