Trégastel
Trégastel (French pronunciation: [tʁeɡastɛl]; Breton: Tregastell) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of the region of Brittany in northwestern France.
Trégastel
Tregastell | |
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 Trégastel beach | |
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Location of Trégastel  | |
  Trégastel  Trégastel | |
| 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 |
| Area 1 | 7.00 km2 (2.70 sq mi) |
| Population | 2,535 |
| • 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 is situated between Perros-Guirec and Pleumeur-Bodou. Lannion is 10 kilometres away.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 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.[2]
International relations
The official sister cities of Trégastel are:
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
References
- "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
- (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue Archived 2017-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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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
