Trégastel
Trégastel
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Trégastel beach | |
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Location of Trégastel | |
Trégastel Trégastel | |
| 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 (2023)[2] | 2,524 |
| • Density | 361/km2 (934/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 ten kilometres (6.2 mi) 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
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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
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The tide mill on Ploumanac'h Road
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Ste-Anne-des-Rochers chapel
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December 2010
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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 de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Trégastel, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, 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
- 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