Trégastel
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Trégastel
Tregastell | |
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Trégastel beach | |
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 |
Government | |
• Mayor (2014–2020) | Paul Droniou |
Area 1 | 7.00 km2 (2.70 sq mi) |
Population (2008) | 2,412 |
• Density | 340/km2 (890/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 (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
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1793 | 867 | — |
1800 | 659 | −24.0% |
1806 | 709 | +7.6% |
1821 | 862 | +21.6% |
1831 | 944 | +9.5% |
1836 | 1,011 | +7.1% |
1841 | 985 | −2.6% |
1846 | 1,031 | +4.7% |
1851 | 1,113 | +8.0% |
1856 | 1,036 | −6.9% |
1861 | 1,078 | +4.1% |
1866 | 1,080 | +0.2% |
1872 | 1,086 | +0.6% |
1876 | 1,078 | −0.7% |
1881 | 1,096 | +1.7% |
1886 | 1,141 | +4.1% |
1891 | 1,108 | −2.9% |
1896 | 1,224 | +10.5% |
1901 | 1,250 | +2.1% |
1906 | 1,361 | +8.9% |
1911 | 1,286 | −5.5% |
1921 | 1,320 | +2.6% |
1926 | 1,467 | +11.1% |
1931 | 1,398 | −4.7% |
1936 | 1,449 | +3.6% |
1946 | 1,521 | +5.0% |
1954 | 1,687 | +10.9% |
1962 | 1,670 | −1.0% |
1968 | 1,742 | +4.3% |
1975 | 2,013 | +15.6% |
1982 | 2,063 | +2.5% |
1990 | 2,201 | +6.7% |
1999 | 2,234 | +1.5% |
2008 | 2,412 | +8.0% |
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.[1]
International relations
These are the official sister cities of Trégastel:
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.
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
- ^ Template:Fr icon Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue
External links
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