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Crozon ( Breton Kraozon in , sometimes spelled Kraon ) is a common department of the Finistere, in the area Brittany, in France.

Geography

Located at the center of the peninsula of Crozon, it is a chief town of canton of the Arrondissement of Châteaulin.

Very wide (8  037 ha), the commune occupy most of the peninsula and include/understand many hamlets. Among them, the Seaside resort of Morgat ( Morgad ), to the south, offers a nautical center and Freight ( Ar Fred ), in north, a small port giving on the Rade of Brest.

Districts, localities and variations

Surroundings 150 villages and localities. The 5 principal ones are Crozon, Freight, Morgat, Tal-rear-Groas and Saint-Hernot

Administration

Monuments

  • the Saint-Pierre church, and his Retable of the ten thousand martyrs
  • many vaults, of which the vault of St-Philibert, martyrdoms, fountains, mills, manors
  • in Morgat, remarkable houses in seaside, having belonged to Peugeot, Lazard, of which one out of metal realized by Gustave Eiffel
  • the museum of minerals with Saint-Hernot
  • the Headlight of Morgat dominating the marina

Natural sites

  • caves of the Furnace bridge, and Kador
  • the virgin island
  • the Cape of the Goat
  • the castle of Dinan
  • cliffs of Morgat

Events

  • the Festival of the end of the world, the second weekend of August
  • the market of Crozon one Wednesday out of two
  • Tuesday of Morgat and other festivals (July 14th etc) on the beach in summer

Personalities related to the commune

  • Louis Jouvet, actor
  • Clementine Célarié, actress, has a house with Morgat

To visit

  • the House of Minerals with Saint-Hernot
  • the Museum of the Old Trades with Argol
  • the Museum of the rural school with Trégarvan

See too

Communes of the Peninsula of Crozon:

External bonds

  • Site of the commune
  • 500 photographs of the peninsula of Crozon
  • local Information Breizhoo
  • Presentation and Photographies of maritime Crozon
  • Inheritance: the flotilla of fishing of Crozon-Morgat
  • Gate of the Peninsula
  • the Nautical Center of Crozon Morgat

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