Trégastel
Commune in Brittany, France
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Trégastel (French pronunciation: [tʁeɡastɛl]; Breton: Tregastell) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of the region of Brittany in northwestern France.
Trégastel
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 Trégastel beach | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Trégastel | |
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| Coordinates: 48°48′41″N 3°29′56″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 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
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
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
