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Commune in Brittany, France
Tréogat Trêgad
Commune
The town hall in TréogatThe town hall in Tréogat
Coat of arms of TréogatCoat of arms
Location of Tréogat
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Coordinates: 47°55′13″N 4°19′19″W / 47.9203°N 4.3219°W / 47.9203; -4.3219
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentFinistère
ArrondissementQuimper
CantonPlonéour-Lanvern
IntercommunalityHaut-Pays Bigouden
Government
 • Mayor (2023–2026) Alain Gerbe
Area9.85 km (3.80 sq mi)
Population579
 • Density59/km (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code29298 /29720
Elevation0–51 m (0–167 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tréogat (French pronunciation: [tʁeɔɡat]; Breton: Trêgad) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Geography

Departmental Route 2 road connects Tréogat with Plonéour-Lanvern and Pont-l'Abbé to the south west, and Pouldreuzic and Plozévet to the north west. The commune reaches the Atlantic coast at the Plage De Treogat in the Bay of Audierne. In addition to the main village of Tréogat, the commune consists of a number of hamlets.

Forming part of the boundary between Tréogat and the commune of Tréguennec is the Étang de Trunvel or Trunvel pond or lake; a coastal marsh covering 264 hectares (1 sq mi) and listed as a type 1 Zone naturelle d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique (ZNIEFF). The pond is a migratory destination for the aquatic warbler and provides nesting habitats for the Savi's warbler, sedge warbler, turdoid or great reed warbler, bearded reedling, bluethroat, northern wheatear and corn bunting. The marsh pea has found a home here after a hundred year absence and there are patches of common bladderwort, water germander and marsh orchid.

Connected to Trunvel lake by a man-made canal is the Étang de Kergalan or Kergalan pond of 116 hectares (0.45 sq mi), divided between the communes of Tréogat and Plovan. The invasive water primrose, Ludwigia uruguaynensis, viewed as a threat to native aquatic vegetation has been found here and uprooted.

Etang de Trunvel
Canal between Trunvel and Kergalan ponds from Kerbinigou

Population

Inhabitants of Tréogat are called Tréogatais in French.

Monuments

At Penhors stands a megalith in the form of a 3.6 m (12 ft) tall fluted, granite protohistoric stele originally from Saint-Mélon chapel in Tréogat. Two 16th-century stone crosses stand; one 2.8 m (9.2 ft) tall on the Rue de la Fontaine, close to the Church of Saint Boscat and the other at Kerguenol, 1 km south.

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. "ETANG DE TRUNVEL" (PDF). mnhn.fr. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  4. "ETANG DE KERGALAN" (PDF). mnhn.fr. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  5. "Mégalithe (stèle Protohistorique), Penhors (Tréogat)". pop.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  6. "Mégalithe (stèle Protohistorique), Penhors (Tréogat) - Inventaire Général du Patrimoine Culturel". patrimoine.bzh. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  7. "Croix monumentale, rue de la Fontaine (Tréogat)". patrimoine.bzh. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  8. "Croix monumentale, Kerguenol (Tréogat)". pop.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 26 November 2023.

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