Trégastel (; ) is a commune in the

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department of the

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in northwestern

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. Trégastel is situated between

Perros-Guirec Perros-Guirec (; br, Perroz-Gireg) is a commune in the department of Côtes-d'Armor in Brittany. It has been a seaside resort since the end of the 19th century. Geography Climate Perros-Guirec has a oceanic climate ( Köppen climate classificat ...

and

Pleumeur-Bodou Pleumeur-Bodou (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Pleumeur-Bodou are called ''pleumeurois'' in French. Sister town Pleuveur-Bodoù is twinned with Crosshaven, a vi ...

Lannion Lannion ( ; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is a subprefecture of Côtes-d'Armor, the capital of Trégor and the center of an urban area of almost 60,000 inhabitants. Climate Lannion ha ...

is 10 kilometres away.

Population

Inhabitants of Trégastel are called ''trégastellois'' in French.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through

Ya d'ar brezhoneg (french: Oui au breton, en, Yes to Breton) is a campaign started in the 21st century by the ( en, Office of the Breton language) to promote and stimulate the use of the Breton language in daily life in Brittany, northwestern France. Breton is a ...

in February 2008. In 2008, 16.5% of primary school children attended bilingual schools. ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg''
''Enseignement bilingue''

International relations

The official sister cities of Trégastel are: *

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, 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,

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bought a small island called ''Costaérès'' in Trégastel, where by 1896 he had erected a

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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

File:PSIMG 4128.JPG, ''La palette du peintre''
(The painter's palette) File:Trégastel - Pony.JPG, ''Le dé'' (The dice) and
''Les tortues'' (The turtles) File:Le tas de crèpes Trégastel.JPG, ''Le tas de crêpes''
(The pile of

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s) File:Le Roi Gradlon Trégastel.JPG, ''Le Roi Gradlon''
(Gradlon King) File:24h voile 2010-1.JPG, ''24h de la voile'' regatta File:Moulin à marée Trégastel.JPG, The tide mill on Ploumanac'h Road File:Chapelle Sainte-Anne-des-Rocgers de Trégastel.JPG, Ste-Anne-des-Rochers chapel File:Coz-Pors neige.JPG, December 2010 File:Boule de granite Ile Renote.jpg, Natural granite ball (2–3 ft in diameter) close to Renote Island

References

External links

Official website
* * French Wikipedia article on 'Aquarium Marin de Trégastel'
Marine Aquarium of Tregastel's websiteMarine Aquarium of Tregastel in English
Communes of Côtes-d'Armor Seaside resorts in France {{CôtesArmor-geo-stub