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 ten kilometres (6.2 mi) away.

Population

Inhabitants of Trégastel are called trégastellois in French.

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

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

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 de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Trégastel, EHESS (in French).
  4. ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, 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.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trégastel