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Camaret-sur-Mer (; ) is a commune 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 northwestern
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, 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 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" group. Camaret also is home to a
marina A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : "related to the sea") 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 or cargo ...
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 (geology), rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle beach, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological s ...
es.


Population

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


Map


Twinning

Camaret-sur-Mer is twinned with
St Ives, Cornwall St Ives (, meaning "Ia of Cornwall, St Ia's cove") is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times, it was comm ...
, UK.


See also

*
Communes of the Finistère department The following is a list of the 277 Communes of France, communes of the Finistère Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):
* Saint-Pol-Roux *
Parc naturel régional d'Armorique The Parc naturel régional d'Armorique (; ), or Armorica Regional Natural Park, is a rural protected area located in Brittany. The park land reaches from the Atlantic Ocean to hilly inland countryside. There are sandy beaches, swamps, rock format ...
*" List of the works of Charles Cottet depicting scenes of Brittany"


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