Trégastel | |
Native Name: | Tregastell |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville de Trégastel (Côtes-d'Armor).svg |
Coordinates: | 48.8114°N -3.4989°W |
Insee: | 22353 |
Postal Code: | 22730 |
Arrondissement: | Lannion |
Canton: | Perros-Guirec |
Mayor: | Xavier Martin[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Lannion-Trégor Communauté |
Elevation Min M: | 0 |
Elevation Max M: | 71 |
Area Km2: | 7.00 |
Trégastel (in French pronounced as /tʁeɡastɛl/;) 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.
Inhabitants of Trégastel are called trégastellois in French.
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.[2]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France.
Trégastel is twinned with:
In 1892, Bruno Abakanowicz bought a small island called Costaérès in Trégastel, where by 1896 he had erected a neo-Gothic manor.
Since 1967, Trégastel has been home to a marine aquarium, built within a large, naturally occurring, outcrop of pink granite rocks.