Trégarvan

Trégarvan Tregarvan
region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Chateaulin
Canton	Crozon
Community association	Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay
Coordinates	48 ° 15 ′  N , 4 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 15 ′  N , 4 ° 13 ′  W
height	0-223 m
surface	9.68 km 2
Residents	119 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	12 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	29560
INSEE code	29289
Saint-Budoc church

Trégarvan ( Breton Tregarvan ) is a French commune in the Finistère department with 119 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). It belongs to the arrondissement of Châteaulin and the canton of Crozon .

geography

The municipality is located in the west of Brittany above the mouth of the river Aulne in the Rade de Brest , a deeply inland bay of the Atlantic . It belongs to the Cornouaille region and is located on the northern flank of the 330 m high Ménez-Hom in the Parc naturel régional d'Armorique nature park and at the beginning of the Crozon peninsula, which extends to the west . Châteaulin is eleven kilometers southeast, Brest 25 kilometers northwest and Quimper 30 kilometers south (figures rounded off as the crow flies ).

traffic

The closest exit on the motorway-like expressway E 60 ( Nantes -Brest) is at Châteaulin and Le Faou, and the nearest regional train station on the mostly parallel railway line is at Châteaulin.

The regional airport Aéroport Brest-Bretagne is located near Brest .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	328	274	224	192	164	146	137	119
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Worth mentioning is the Saint-Budoc church , whose origins go back to the 16th century, and the museum of the Breton agricultural school.

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 214-215.

Web links

Commons : Trégarvan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Trégarvan on cc-chateaulin-porzay.fr (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ bretagne.com Information about the museum