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

Population

Inhabitants of Trégastel are called trégastellois in French.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 867—    
1800 659−3.84%
1806 709+1.23%
1821 862+1.31%
1831 944+0.91%
1836 1,011+1.38%
1841 985−0.52%
1846 1,031+0.92%
1851 1,113+1.54%
1856 1,036−1.42%
1861 1,078+0.80%
1866 1,080+0.04%
1872 1,086+0.09%
1876 1,078−0.18%
1881 1,096+0.33%
1886 1,141+0.81%
1891 1,108−0.59%
1896 1,224+2.01%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,250+0.42%
1906 1,361+1.72%
1911 1,286−1.13%
1921 1,320+0.26%
1926 1,467+2.13%
1931 1,398−0.96%
1936 1,449+0.72%
1946 1,521+0.49%
1954 1,687+1.30%
1962 1,670−0.13%
1968 1,742+0.71%
1975 2,013+2.09%
1982 2,063+0.35%
1990 2,201+0.81%
1999 2,234+0.17%
2007 2,397+0.88%
2012 2,451+0.45%
2017 2,465+0.11%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

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

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

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.

The château de Costaérès in Trégastel, and the seven islands in the background
  • La palette du peintre (The painter's palette)
    La palette du peintre
    (The painter's palette)
  • Le dé (The dice) and Les tortues (The turtles)
    Le dé (The dice) and
    Les tortues (The turtles)
  • Le tas de crêpes (The pile of crêpes)
    Le tas de crêpes
    (The pile of crêpes)
  • Le Roi Gradlon (Gradlon King)
    Le Roi Gradlon
    (Gradlon King)
  • 24h de la voile regatta
    24h de la voile regatta
  • The tide mill on Ploumanac'h Road
    The tide mill on Ploumanac'h Road
  • Ste-Anne-des-Rochers chapel
    Ste-Anne-des-Rochers chapel
  • December 2010
    December 2010
  • Natural granite ball (2–3 ft in diameter) close to Renote Island
    Natural granite ball (2–3 ft in diameter) close to Renote Island

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Trégastel, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue Archived 2017-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Foz revitaliza el hermanamiento con Tregastel" (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. Retrieved 14 November 2023.


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