Perros-Guirec

Perros-Guirec Perroz-Gireg
Commune
The Côte de Granit Rose and the Ploumanac'h lighthouse, in Perros-Guirec
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 48°48′51″N 3°26′32″W / 48.8142°N 3.4422°W / 48.8142; -3.4422Coordinates: 48°48′51″N 3°26′32″W / 48.8142°N 3.4422°W / 48.8142; -3.4422
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Lannion
Canton	Perros-Guirec
Intercommunality	Lannion-Trégor Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Erven Léon[1]
Area 1	14.16 km2 (5.47 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	7,065
• Density	500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22168 /22700
Elevation	0–96 m (0–315 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Perros-Guirec (pronounced [pɛ.ʁos ɡi.ʁɛk]; Breton: Perroz-Gireg) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. It has been a seaside resort since the end of the 19th Century.

Breton language[]

In 2008, 4.79% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.^[3]

Tourism[]

Perros-Guirec is a seaside resort, with sandy beaches and water and beach sports. It is known for its pink granite rocks which have been sculpted by the sea into varied shapes and patterns. There are three large sandy beaches suitable for families: Trestraou beach is suitable for swimming, sunbathing as well as surfing, as it is sheltered and receives full sunshine; Trestrignel beach is wilder and more exposed to the wind; Saint-Guirec beach is smaller and even more picturesque with the presence of the Costaeres Castle on its island in front of it.^{[citation needed]}

Perros-Guirec has a number of seafront villas and manors, many of which are built with pink granite extracted locally.^{[citation needed]}

Pink granite coast, nearby Ploumanac'h.

Panorama of the Natural Reserve of the 7 Islands.

Economy[]

Perros-Guirec's economy is largely based on tourism but benefits also from its proximity to Lannion technopole. The nearby Grand Isle, separated from the mainland by a narrow channel, was once famous for its granite quarrying industry. The rock was transported from the island by boat, and was used in the construction of many imposing buildings in Paris.

International relations[]

Perros-Guirec is twinned with :

• Teignmouth in Devon in the southwest of England.^[4]
• Barr, Bas-Rhin, France
• Quintin, France

People[]

Inhabitants of Perros-Guirec are called Perrosiens in French.

Perros-Guirec was long attended by men of letters and artists, for instance the painter Maurice Denis, owner of a villa in Trestrignel ("Never the nature seemed to me more beautiful than in Perros"), writers Anatole Le Braz, Charles Le Goffic, or Ernest Renan who was behind the idea of the construction of the Grand Hotel in Trestraou, to name a few. Joseph Conrad lived here for several years and wrote many of his most famous maritime books during that period.

Cultural references[]

Perros-Guirec is where, in Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera, a teenage Vicomte de Chagny retrieves young Christine Daaé's scarf from the sea.^[5] It is also the final resting place of her father.

See also[]

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
• Jentilez (Sept-Îles)
• Ploumanac'h Lighthouse
• Sept-Îles Lighthouse

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Perros-Guirec.

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

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