Côtes-d'Armor
The Côtes-d'Armor ( , ; ; , ), formerly known as Côtes-du-Nord until 1990 (, ), is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 600,582.department of
Brittany
Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...
in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of Plougrescant are called ''plougrescantais'' in French.
Sights
* The Saint-Gonéry chapel and its cross including a pulpit, listed as a historical monument.
* The Saint-Gonéry fountain, listed as a historical monument.
* The parish church of Saint-Pierre
* The chapel of Kéralio, listed as a historical monument
* The small house of the abyss located between two rocks in Castel Meur, whose postcard has gone around the world. Built in 1861, it now belongs to the descendants of the first owner. Any commercial representation of this house is prohibited.
* The Protestant temple of Plougrescant, built in 1902
* The Gouffre where dolerite veins can be observed intercalated in the local rock, the microgranodiorite of Pleubian.
* La ''Pointe du Château'' (br) where the quartz diorite outcrops (also called Castel Meur diorite)
* The island of Pors Scaff, made up of the Ile aux Pins and the Ile Yvinec.
* The beaches of Gouermel, Pors-hir, Pors scaff, etc.
See also
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Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
The following is a list of the 348 communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):