Cotes-d'Armor: Pink Granite, Medieval Dinan, and Breton Coast
Cotes-d'Armor stretches along the northern Brittany coast. Saint-Brieuc, the prefecture, sits on a bay where the tidal range is among the largest in Europe. The Pink Granite Coast (Cote de Granit Rose) around Perros-Guirec and Ploumanac'h, with its sculpted boulders of salmon-coloured stone, is one of the most distinctive coastlines in France.
Dinan, a perfectly preserved medieval walled town above the Rance river, and Paimpol, a former cod-fishing port, are popular visitor destinations. The Sept-Iles archipelago off the coast is France's most important seabird reserve, home to thousands of gannets and puffins. The population is about 610,000. Agriculture (especially pig farming and early vegetables) is a major economic sector. Guingamp, home to a football club that won the Coupe de France twice, is another notable town.
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Cotes-d'Armor stretches along the northern Brittany coast. Saint-Brieuc, the prefecture, sits on a bay where the tidal range is among the largest in Europe. The Pink Granite Coast (Cote de Granit Rose) around Perros-Guirec and Ploumanac'h, with its sculpted boulders of salmon-coloured stone, is one of the most distinctive coastlines in France.
Dinan, a perfectly preserved medieval walled town above the Rance river, and Paimpol, a former cod-fishing port, are popular visitor destinations. The Sept-Iles archipelago off the coast is France's most important seabird reserve, home to thousands of gannets and puffins. The population is about 610,000. Agriculture (especially pig farming and early vegetables) is a major economic sector. Guingamp, home to a football club that won the Coupe de France twice, is another notable town.
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