Trégastel
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 Trégastel beach | |
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Location of Trégastel | |
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| Coordinates: 48°48′41″N 3°29′56″W / 48.8114°N 3.4989°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Lannion |
| Canton | Perros-Guirec |
| Intercommunality | Lannion-Trégor Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Xavier Martin[1] |
| Area 1 | 7.00 km2 (2.70 sq mi) |
| Population | 2,541 |
| • Density | 360/km2 (940/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22353 /22730 |
| Elevation | 0–71 m (0–233 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Trégastel (French pronunciation: [tʁeɡastɛl]; Breton: Tregastell) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of the region of Brittany in northwestern France.
Trégastel is situated between Perros-Guirec and Pleumeur-Bodou. Lannion is 10 kilometres away.
Population
Inhabitants of Trégastel are called trégastellois in French.
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Breton language
The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg in February 2008.
In 2008, 16.5% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.[5]
International relations
Twin towns – sister cities
Trégastel is twinned with:
Religious monuments
- St Laurent Church in the bourg
- Ste Anne des rochers chapel
- St Golgon chapel
The Costaérès castle
In 1892, Bruno Abakanowicz bought a small island called Costaérès in Trégastel, where by 1896 he had erected a neo-Gothic manor.
Marine aquarium of Trégastel
Since 1967, Trégastel has been home to a marine aquarium, built within a large, naturally occurring, outcrop of pink granite rocks.
Gallery
The château de Costaérès in Trégastel, and the seven islands in the background
La palette du peintre
(The painter's palette)
Le dé (The dice) and
Les tortues (The turtles)
Le tas de crêpes
(The pile of crêpes)
Le Roi Gradlon
(Gradlon King)
24h de la voile regatta
The tide mill on Ploumanac'h Road
Ste-Anne-des-Rochers chapel
December 2010
Natural granite ball (2–3 ft in diameter) close to Renote Island
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Trégastel, EHESS (in French).
- ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ↑ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue Archived 2017-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Foz revitaliza el hermanamiento con Tregastel" (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trégastel.
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- French Wikipedia article on 'Aquarium Marin de Trégastel'(in French)
- Marine Aquarium of Tregastel's website(in French)
- Marine Aquarium of Tregastel in English
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