Crozon (Municipality, Finistère, France)

Kraon

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by Arnaud Leroy

• Presentation of Crozon
• Municipal flag of Crozon
• Proposal of flag for the paeninsula of Crozon

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• France
• Finistère (Department, France)

Presentation of Crozon

Crozon (7,881 permanent inhabitants, 30,000 in summer; 8,032 ha) is the main municipality of the presqu'île de Crozon, a cross-shaped paeninsula in western Brittany. Western Brittany end with three points, from North to South, Léon, Crozon, and Cornouaille. Crozon is the most indented of the three points, with high sandstone cliffs separared by sandy schistosous beaches.

The village of Crozon is located in the middle of the peaninsula but the municipality territory encompasses a big proportion of the paeninsula (including the southern arm of the cross), making of Crozon the fourth largest municipality in France by its area. The municipality includes 155 villages and hamlets, 60 kms of coasts and 12 kms of beaches, the most famous of them being the cove of Morgat, located 3 km south of the village of Crozon.

Crozon (Breton, Craon, Kraon or Kraozon) was known in 1162 as Crahaudon.