Trévou-Tréguignec
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Trévou-Tréguignec is a commune
in the Côtes-d'Armor
department of Brittany in northwestern France
.
, Trev, "a small plot of land" and Tréguignec, "locality") is located in a valley that ends at the long beach of Trestel with its pristine white sand. On the west is the village of Trévou and on the eastern shore stands Tréguignec. In the valley we find the Chateau of Boisriou surrounded by many ponds and a forest. The coastline has a varied terrain with unusual rock formations. The shore extends from the port of Le Groff adjoining the commune of Trélévern, to Port-du-Royau, near the dunes of Port-Blanc.
Trévou-Tréguignec has two beaches, Royau and Trestel (Breton traezh, fine sand). Trestel attracts many summer visitors and flew the European Blue flag
(indicating environmental quality) from 1998 to 2004. There is also a Thalassotherapy
center. Another small beach is nicknamed "Cabbage Beach" because of the Sea kale growing on the shingle.
Trestel is a popular area for windsurfing
. It hosted the French funboard championship in October–November 1990.
Trestel's marsh represents another unusual habitat, and was the subject of a research project by Mohammed Alhassan commissioned by the legislative Assembly of Côtes-d'Armor: Trestel Marsh, an unusual habitat - Contribution to an environmental review and enhancement project by means of the establishment of walking paths (2002–2004). The marshes were also studied as part of the Natura 2000
project (identifying local habitats worthy of preservation).
To the west of Trestel beach, a geological formation characteristic of the area is visible: a vein of dolerite
.
subordinating the church to the government, and was forced to flee the country. In February 1791, he took refuge in the chateau of Boisriou in Trévou-Tréguignec, before embarking on a fishing boat to the island of Jersey
. He died in London at the home of Madame de Catuélan-Le Merdy, on January 21, 1801.
and thus removed from that of Trélévern.
The opening of the Grand Hôtel Casino de la Mer, on August 7, 1910, was commemorated in a series of postcards designed by Eugene Lageat. That day, a crowd on Trestel beach witnessed or participated in a variety of entertainments, including bicycle races,a slippery pole contest, fireworks and dances. This hotel, sometimes called Hôtel Thomas, Hôtel Kermor or Grand café de la Mer, was torn down in the 1950s to permit the expansion of a tuberculosis clinic.
The imposing "villa Postel", built facing the Royau beach, was occupied by the Germans during the Second World War, and was destroyed before their departure.
The Grand Hôtel des Flots, originally operated by the Feuillet family, was acquired by the city of Vincennes
and used as a summer camp for many years.
The Grand Hôtel de la Plage, operated by the Nédélec family, was torn down recently to permit construction of a new rehabilitation center for marine environmental studies. The tuberculosis clinic was originally based in this hotel in 1921.
Benjamin Jolly had written about this church in 1856:
On March 16, 1924, the cornerstone of the new church received its blessing. On March 14, 1926, the new church of St. Samson was consecrated. The Trévou-Tréguignec Parish, surrounded by the diocese of Tréguier, formed part of the deanery of Lannion, under the bishopric of Dol de Bretagne, and was under the patronage of St. Samson.
On April 20, 1929, the construction which had begun in 1924 was completed on the clinic's new home.
The clinic's September 1929 brochure states:
The clinic continued to specialize in tuberculosis until the mid 1950's, when it began to take on other functions as well.
The Henri-Avril scholastic group took over operations November 5, 1950.
In 1957, the clinic was renamed the Centre Helio-Marin. It began to focus on the physical rehabilitation of patients, with the construction of a pool of heated seawater.
In 1968, the center became part of the Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Brieuc, and began to specialize in adult rehabilitation.
On January 1, 1989, the center became part of the Centre Hospitalier Pierre Le Damany of Lannion.
The center has more recently been recharacterized as the "Center for Salt Water Rehabilitation". In 1995, the facade overlooking Trestel beach was remodeled. The center today has a completely modernised medical service and support.
. Charlot decided to purchase a projector (utilizing Pathé Nathan 17.5 mm film, the then-popular format). Thus began 30 years of outdoor cinema in the area. After the Liberation, Charlot exchanged his old unit for a 16 mm "Debrie" projector. Until 1969, he continued to show movies which would later become classics of the cinema, in various outdoor locations in the countryside.
(prehistoric stone formation) known as a "covered walkway".
Note: Baloré manor once had its own chapel, named St. Thérézien. In 1389, the pope issued a bull, granting an indulgence to anyone who helped in the restoration of the chapel, damaged by war.
The silhouette of this manor was long well-known to schoolchildren. Several editions of geography textbooks by Schrader and Gallouedec had an engraving of the mansion with the caption: A Farm in Brittany. Gallouedec's "Brittany" included the same illustration with a more accurate caption: "Trévoux manor".
The manor includes a large granite gateway, adjacent to a massive vault of a beautiful gray color. Nearby are other arches and another large gateway is the entrance to the courtyard near the well. The buildings are constructed at right angles, with a square central tower, which houses a spiral staircase accessing the various rooms of the mansion. A very old statue of St. Ives once adorned the entrance hall. From time immemorial, the lease stipulated that a candle was to be lighted in front of this "protector of the place," on May 19, his birthday. The interiors are simple, with a granite fireplace in almost every room.
Behind the mansion, in a garden surrounded by a wall built in 1819, stands a dovecote which dates back to the original owners. Nearby, there is a base on which stood a sundial from the eighteenth century, which has since disappeared. This dial bore the sad inscription: sicut FUGIUNT Horo SIC VITA MEA FUGIT ("As the hours flee, so flees our life").
In 1421, Marie de Boisriou, upon her marriage, brought the chateau into the Plusquellec family.
In the sixteenth century, the castle of Bois Riou descended to Madame de Villeneuve Louet, who was, as a result of this holding, recognized as a founder of the parish in the census of 1695.
The chateau also gave its name to the family of Le Borgne Boisriou. This family was descended from a brother of Guy Le Borgne, the author of the Armorial de Bretagne (1667). The family took title to the chateau after a wedding in 1677 and has held it ever since.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Côtes-d'Armor
Côtes-d'Armor
Côtes-d'Armor is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France.-History:Côtes-du-Nord was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Brittany. Its name was changed in 1990 to...
department of Brittany in northwestern France
France
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Geography
The commune of Trévou-Tréguignec (Breton languageBreton language
Breton is a Celtic language spoken in Brittany , France. Breton is a Brythonic language, descended from the Celtic British language brought from Great Britain to Armorica by migrating Britons during the Early Middle Ages. Like the other Brythonic languages, Welsh and Cornish, it is classified as...
, Trev, "a small plot of land" and Tréguignec, "locality") is located in a valley that ends at the long beach of Trestel with its pristine white sand. On the west is the village of Trévou and on the eastern shore stands Tréguignec. In the valley we find the Chateau of Boisriou surrounded by many ponds and a forest. The coastline has a varied terrain with unusual rock formations. The shore extends from the port of Le Groff adjoining the commune of Trélévern, to Port-du-Royau, near the dunes of Port-Blanc.
Trévou-Tréguignec has two beaches, Royau and Trestel (Breton traezh, fine sand). Trestel attracts many summer visitors and flew the European Blue flag
Blue Flag beach
The Blue Flag is a certification by the Foundation for Environmental Education that a beach or marina meets its stringent standards.The Blue Flag is a trademark owned by FEE which is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation consisting of 65 organisations in 60 member countries in Europe,...
(indicating environmental quality) from 1998 to 2004. There is also a Thalassotherapy
Thalassotherapy
Thalassotherapy is the unproven medical use of seawater as a form of therapy. The properties of seawater are believed to have beneficial effects upon the pores of the skin. Thalassotherapy was developed in seaside towns in Brittany, France during the 19th century...
center. Another small beach is nicknamed "Cabbage Beach" because of the Sea kale growing on the shingle.
Trestel is a popular area for windsurfing
Windsurfing
Windsurfing or sailboarding is a surface water sport that combines elements of surfing and sailing. It consists of a board usually two to four metres long, powered by the orthogonal effect of the wind on a sail. The rig is connected to the board by a free-rotating universal joint and comprises a...
. It hosted the French funboard championship in October–November 1990.
Details
The coast at Trévou-Tréguignec has many environmentally sensitive areas, described by Professor Jean-Pierre Pinot in his book Coastal Zone Management. Pinot studied the "comet tails" characteristic of the coast in this area: a comet tail is an accumulation of sediment in a sheltered position behind a reef or small island.Trestel's marsh represents another unusual habitat, and was the subject of a research project by Mohammed Alhassan commissioned by the legislative Assembly of Côtes-d'Armor: Trestel Marsh, an unusual habitat - Contribution to an environmental review and enhancement project by means of the establishment of walking paths (2002–2004). The marshes were also studied as part of the Natura 2000
Natura 2000
Natura 2000 is an ecological network of protected areas in the territory of the European Union.-Origins:In May 1992, the governments of the European Communities adopted legislation designed to protect the most seriously threatened habitats and species across Europe. This legislation is called the...
project (identifying local habitats worthy of preservation).
To the west of Trestel beach, a geological formation characteristic of the area is visible: a vein of dolerite
Diabase
Diabase or dolerite is a mafic, holocrystalline, subvolcanic rock equivalent to volcanic basalt or plutonic gabbro. In North American usage, the term diabase refers to the fresh rock, whilst elsewhere the term dolerite is used for the fresh rock and diabase refers to altered material...
.
Fire at Castle Boisriou
On Christmas Eve 1713, Margaret Goff, servant at Boisriou Castle, lighting her way with a torch (in the absence of her employers, who had prohibited their use) set fire to a new building on the property. The flames caused extensive damage.The Count of Trévou imprisoned in Castle Taurus
In 1902, Prosper Hemon published a brochure on Count Sebastian Trévou, a naval lieutenant, commander of the corvette "Le Papillon" in 1787-1788. A confrontation between the Count and his crew resulted in his imprisonment in the chateau de Taureau, from which he attempted to escape. His body was found smashed on the rocks of Plougasnou.The last bishop of Tréguier takes refuge in the castle of Boisriou
Auguste-Louis-Marie Le Mintier Sévignac was born on December 28, 1728. Pronounced Doctor of theology in 1757, he was vicar at St. Brieuc from 1766 to 1769, then in Rennes from 1769 to 1786, He became the last bishop of Tréguier in 1786. In Morlaix on September 14, 1789, he published a proclamation which the revolutionary government considered reactionary. He also took a stand against the law on the Civil Constitution of the ClergyCivil Constitution of the Clergy
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was a law passed on 12 July 1790 during the French Revolution, that subordinated the Roman Catholic Church in France to the French government....
subordinating the church to the government, and was forced to flee the country. In February 1791, he took refuge in the chateau of Boisriou in Trévou-Tréguignec, before embarking on a fishing boat to the island of Jersey
Jersey
Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...
. He died in London at the home of Madame de Catuélan-Le Merdy, on January 21, 1801.
Reassigned to Perros-Guirec
By a royal decree issued June 23, 1842, Trévou-Tréguignec was re-assigned to the district of Perros-GuirecPerros-Guirec
Perros-Guirec is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.-Population:Inhabitants of Perros-Guirec are called perrosiens.-Tourism:...
and thus removed from that of Trélévern.
Trestel in the 1900's
In the early 20th century, the beach of Trestel was transformed by the construction of numerous hotels and villas.The opening of the Grand Hôtel Casino de la Mer, on August 7, 1910, was commemorated in a series of postcards designed by Eugene Lageat. That day, a crowd on Trestel beach witnessed or participated in a variety of entertainments, including bicycle races,a slippery pole contest, fireworks and dances. This hotel, sometimes called Hôtel Thomas, Hôtel Kermor or Grand café de la Mer, was torn down in the 1950s to permit the expansion of a tuberculosis clinic.
The imposing "villa Postel", built facing the Royau beach, was occupied by the Germans during the Second World War, and was destroyed before their departure.
The Grand Hôtel des Flots, originally operated by the Feuillet family, was acquired by the city of Vincennes
Vincennes
Vincennes is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.-History:...
and used as a summer camp for many years.
The Grand Hôtel de la Plage, operated by the Nédélec family, was torn down recently to permit construction of a new rehabilitation center for marine environmental studies. The tuberculosis clinic was originally based in this hotel in 1921.
The Trévou church fire
On the night of September 7, 1914, the Saint-Samson church built in 1848 was destroyed by lightning.Benjamin Jolly had written about this church in 1856:
On March 16, 1924, the cornerstone of the new church received its blessing. On March 14, 1926, the new church of St. Samson was consecrated. The Trévou-Tréguignec Parish, surrounded by the diocese of Tréguier, formed part of the deanery of Lannion, under the bishopric of Dol de Bretagne, and was under the patronage of St. Samson.
Trestel Tuberculosis Clinic
On 24 December 1921, the tuberculosis clinic opened, utilising space in a hotel. It was founded by "The Organization for Salt Water Treatment of Tuberculosis and Related Afflictions".On April 20, 1929, the construction which had begun in 1924 was completed on the clinic's new home.
The clinic's September 1929 brochure states:
The clinic continued to specialize in tuberculosis until the mid 1950's, when it began to take on other functions as well.
The Henri-Avril scholastic group took over operations November 5, 1950.
In 1957, the clinic was renamed the Centre Helio-Marin. It began to focus on the physical rehabilitation of patients, with the construction of a pool of heated seawater.
In 1968, the center became part of the Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Brieuc, and began to specialize in adult rehabilitation.
On January 1, 1989, the center became part of the Centre Hospitalier Pierre Le Damany of Lannion.
The center has more recently been recharacterized as the "Center for Salt Water Rehabilitation". In 1995, the facade overlooking Trestel beach was remodeled. The center today has a completely modernised medical service and support.
Cinema Charlot
Charles Le Carvennec, known as "Charlot", began his working life as a carpenter. The economic crisis of the 1930s, and the corresponding unemployment, forced him to change careers. Tn 1933, he decided to open a small tavern near Trestel beach. The following year, he added a dance floor. Soon after, a team of projectionists employed by a large German firm arrived for a showing of Children of ParadiseChildren of Paradise
Les Enfants du Paradis, released as Children of Paradise in North America, is a 1945 French film by French director Marcel Carné, made during the German occupation of France during World War II...
. Charlot decided to purchase a projector (utilizing Pathé Nathan 17.5 mm film, the then-popular format). Thus began 30 years of outdoor cinema in the area. After the Liberation, Charlot exchanged his old unit for a 16 mm "Debrie" projector. Until 1969, he continued to show movies which would later become classics of the cinema, in various outdoor locations in the countryside.
Administration
| Period from - to | Identity |
|---|---|
| 1947 to 1965 | Henry Boisriou |
| 1965 to 1971 | Robert Tourneux |
| 1971 to 1976 | Henry Boisriou |
| 1976 to1977 | Louis Le Roy |
| 1977 to 1990 | Yves de Boisriou |
| 1990 to 1997 | Herve de Boisriou |
| 1997 to 2001 | Paul Zampese |
| 2001 to 2008 | Marie-Louise The Morzadec |
| 2008 to 2014 | Alain Ernot |
Personalities
- Jean-Mordreuc was born in Trévou Tréguignec in 1908. He later lived in Ploumanac'h, and then in Pleudihen, near Dinan. Under the name "Jean Pepin", he was the author of four novels: "The Return" ("An Distro")(1956), "The Charnel House" (1957), "Wrecks" (1958) and "The Conviction" (1961).
- Eugene Lageat, photographer and postcard publisher
- Lucien-Marie Le Gardien, painter
- Joseph Le Gorrec, who died in Lannion in 1926 after being hit by a car, was known under the name "Canaan" or "Kanamm" (see the postcards of Eugène Lageat). He was a well known local deaf mute supported by public charity, and whose nickname was inspired by his distinctive way of growling. Edward Ollivro devoted a chapter of his novel "Picou son of his father" to him. He is also mentioned in "Sophie Tréguier", e novel by Henri Pollès.
- Gustave Prigent, known as "Dall an Treou", was a blind fiddler who died in 1940. He lived in the village of Trévou and performed at dances and weddings. He often played the violin near his home, sitting at the foot of the Calvary monument, or at the entrance to the beach. He lived primarily on charity.
Coat-Mez dolmen
The Coat-Mez farm, near the Chateau of Boisriou, has the ruins of a type of dolmenDolmen
A dolmen—also known as a portal tomb, portal grave, dolmain , cromlech , anta , Hünengrab/Hünenbett , Adamra , Ispun , Hunebed , dös , goindol or quoit—is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of...
(prehistoric stone formation) known as a "covered walkway".
Trestel Beach
Just off Trestel Beach are the underwater remains of a former forest. Benjamin Jolivet explained that the beach was once planted with tall trees. "Everywhere, in fact, at very shallow depths (60 to 80 centimeters) are found trunks of alders or oaks that people exploit and sell. Every day, an unfortunate population, pick in hand, searches the beach in every direction, sometimes finding fragments, sometimes whole trees. Grasslands adjoining the beach and which most likely adjoined this wood or forest, were called Pen-ar-Guern, Breton words meaning "beginning of an alder forest". Everything confirms the existence of an ancient forest, where the sea now reigns supreme."Baloré Manor(15th - 16th centuries)
Baloré Manor was originally the stronghold of the lords of the same name whose coat of arms was "De sable à un château d’or, sommé de trois tourillons de même" (Le Borgne, armorial, 1667). This family derived from that of Trévou, lords of the neighboring manor Trévou Bras. Their coat of arms was "«D’argent au léopard de sable, accompagné de six merlettes du même posées en orle ». The family motto is "Pa garro Doué" (" When God pleases "). The family had several famous members:- In 1418, Yves Trévou accompanied the Duke of Brittany on his trip to France.
- In 1477, Olivier married Guillemette de Quelen.
- In 1629, Jean du Trévou, was named adviser to the king, and Seneschal of Lannion.
- In 1642, his son, René du Trévou, was named Lieutenant General of the Admiralty, based in Lannion.
- In 1670, Pere du Trévou, a Jesuit, was confessor to Monsieur, the brother of Louis XIV.
- In 1689, a member of the family served as page to the King.
- In 1753, another member of the family served as lieutenant in the French guard.
- In 1758, Joseph du Trévou fought at Saint-Cast.
- Two members of the family were naval lieutenants involved in the American RevolutionAmerican RevolutionThe American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...
: one on the "Valiant" and the other on the "Jason". - Sebastian du Trévou was commander of "Le Papillon".
- The family moved to the chateau Trévou Traofeunteuniou at Ploujean in 1755, when it sold the manor of Baloré. The manor was acquired by Mr. Louis Pasquiou, royal notary at Kergouanton, who lived in the Trélévern mansion nearby. The manor has since remained in the same family.
- In 1795, a member of the family, serving as lieutenant, was shot to death at Quiberon.
Note: Baloré manor once had its own chapel, named St. Thérézien. In 1389, the pope issued a bull, granting an indulgence to anyone who helped in the restoration of the chapel, damaged by war.
The silhouette of this manor was long well-known to schoolchildren. Several editions of geography textbooks by Schrader and Gallouedec had an engraving of the mansion with the caption: A Farm in Brittany. Gallouedec's "Brittany" included the same illustration with a more accurate caption: "Trévoux manor".
The manor includes a large granite gateway, adjacent to a massive vault of a beautiful gray color. Nearby are other arches and another large gateway is the entrance to the courtyard near the well. The buildings are constructed at right angles, with a square central tower, which houses a spiral staircase accessing the various rooms of the mansion. A very old statue of St. Ives once adorned the entrance hall. From time immemorial, the lease stipulated that a candle was to be lighted in front of this "protector of the place," on May 19, his birthday. The interiors are simple, with a granite fireplace in almost every room.
Behind the mansion, in a garden surrounded by a wall built in 1819, stands a dovecote which dates back to the original owners. Nearby, there is a base on which stood a sundial from the eighteenth century, which has since disappeared. This dial bore the sad inscription: sicut FUGIUNT Horo SIC VITA MEA FUGIT ("As the hours flee, so flees our life").
Boisriou Chateau
In the fifteenth century, his manor belonged to Francis de Carnavalet, the Seigneur of Bois-Riou, in Trévou-Tréguignec. He became well known at the court of Henry II and of his sons, of whom he was the tutor. He was a Knight of the Order, Grand Equerry of France, Lieutenant of the company of men at arms of Henry III, Governor of Anjou, of Bourbonnais and Foretz. The Carnavalet family of Bois-Riou provided one of four lieutenants of Louis XIV's guards. The family coat of arms displayed "argent à trois faces, accompagné de dix merlettes, le tout de sable."In 1421, Marie de Boisriou, upon her marriage, brought the chateau into the Plusquellec family.
In the sixteenth century, the castle of Bois Riou descended to Madame de Villeneuve Louet, who was, as a result of this holding, recognized as a founder of the parish in the census of 1695.
The chateau also gave its name to the family of Le Borgne Boisriou. This family was descended from a brother of Guy Le Borgne, the author of the Armorial de Bretagne (1667). The family took title to the chateau after a wedding in 1677 and has held it ever since.