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Trégastel

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Côtes-d'Armor

Intercommunality
  
Lannion Trégor

Area
  
7 km²

Arrondissement
  
Lannion

Region
  
Brittany

Canton
  
Perros-Guirec

Population (2008)
  
2,412

Local time
  
Saturday 11:36 PM

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind E at 27 km/h, 79% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Aquarium marin de Trégastel, Côte de Granit Rose, Plage de Tourony, Dolmen, Allée Couverte

Trégastel (Breton: Tregastell) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of the region of Brittany in northwestern France.

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Map of Tr%C3%A9gastel, France

Trégastel is situated between Perros-Guirec and Pleumeur-Bodou. Lannion, is 10 kilometres far away.

Population

Inhabitants of Trégastel are called trégastellois in French.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on February, 2008.

In 2008, 16.5% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.

International relations

These are the official sister cities of Trégastel:

  • Foz, Spain, since 2003
  • Koussané, Mali, since 2004
  • 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 until 1896 he 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.

    References

    Trégastel Wikipedia