Trégastel

Trégastel (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.

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.

Twin towns – sister cities
Trégastel is twinned with:


 * 🇪🇸 Foz, Galicia, Spain (2003)
 * 🇲🇱 Koussané, Mali (2004)

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.