{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Crozon |native name = Kraozon |commune status = Commune |image = Église Saint-Pierre à Crozon, Finistère 02.JPG |caption = The church of Saint-Pierre, in Crozon |image coat of arms = COA fr Crozon.svg |coordinates = {{coord|48.2458|-4.4875|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |arrondissement = Châteaulin |canton = Crozon |INSEE = 29042 |postal code = 29160 |mayor = Patrick Berthelot<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = Presqu'île de Crozon-Aulne maritime |elevation m = 85 |elevation min m = 0 |elevation max m = 102 |area km2 = 80.37 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} |image flag=Flag of Crozon.gif}}
'''Crozon''' ({{IPA|fr|kʁɔzɔ̃}}, {{IPA|fr|kʁozɔ̃|}}; {{langx|br|Kraozon}} {{IPA|br|ˈkrɔːzõn|}}, {{IPA|br|ˈkraõn|label=locally}}) 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.<ref>[http://patrimoine.region-bretagne.fr/gertrude-diffusion/dossier/village-et-port-de-morgat/18fe91aa-0133-47b8-85b5-f2982e096ddf Morgat] on patrimoine.region-bretagne.fr</ref>
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 populations |align = none |cols = 2 |percentages = pagr |source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|11247|Crozon }}</ref> and INSEE (1968-2023)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-29042#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE</ref> |1793 |6200 |1800 |6492 |1806 |6664 |1821 |6393 |1831 |8034 |1836 |8209 |1841 |8858 |1846 |8576 |1851 |8815 |1856 |8489 |1861 |8651 |1866 |8946 |1872 |8929 |1876 |7763 |1881 |8223 |1886 |8585 |1891 |8276 |1896 |8340 |1901 |8625 |1906 |8780 |1911 |8323 |1921 |7715 |1926 |7454 |1931 |7206 |1936 |7015 |1946 |7712 |1954 |7032 |1962 |6741 |1968 |6895 |1975 |7297 |1982 |7525 |1990 |7705 |1999 |7535 |2007 |7682 |2012 |7692 |2017 |7477 |2023 |7499 }}
==Breton language== In 2008, 4.58% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg'': [http://www.ofis-bzh.org/fr/services/observatoire/travaux.php?travail_id=83 ''Enseignement bilingue'']</ref>
== 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 * Guillaume Balay
==References== {{reflist}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929115719/http://www.geobreizh.com/breizh/fra/villes-fiche.asp?insee_ville=29042 Site with map and info on Finistère communes]
==External links== {{Commons category|Crozon}} *{{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110219201339/http://www.crozon.com/ Commune's website] *[http://presquile.crozon.free.fr more than 500 photos of the Crozon Peninsula] *{{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20140413144911/http://patrimoine.region-bretagne.fr/main.xsp?execute=parsed_query&query=com: Crozon Cultural Heritage] *{{in lang|fr}} [http://thoniers.free.fr Maritime Heritage : Crozon-Morgat's fishing history and boats]
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