Côtes-d'Armor
The department of Côtes d'Armor [ kotdaʀmɔʀ ] ( bret. Aodoù to Arvor ) is a French department of atomic number 22 It is in the northwest of the country in the Brittany region and is after the Celtic word Armor ( land near the sea ) named.
Geography
Côtes d'Armor is bordered to the west by the department of Finistère, in the south of the Morbihan department and to the east by the department of Ille -et -Vilaine.
The 250 km long coastline of the department consists of cliff sections, alternating with numerous sandy beaches and coves. It is known especially the Côte de Granit Rose between the Pointe de l' Arcouest and Trébeurden with their bright pink, sometimes bizarrely shaped granite rocks. The Pointe de l' Arcouest are offshore Bréhat Islands. The highest cliffs in Brittany can be found at Pointe de Plouha.
The region is dominated by the sea, which shows, with the exception of spring usually from a quiet side. This depends on the protection of the land from the strong western currents. Here you can depending on the tide a wide or up to 11 meters and a strong tidal range of 5 - partially at high tide - find no sandy beach. The sea always rolls with a slight swell at the beach. Big waves can be experienced only in the spring.
Coat of arms
Description: Blue and Ermine by two gusset shared.
History
By 1990, the department was called the Côtes -du -Nord ( bret. Aodoù to Hanternoz ).
Population
Language
To the west of the department of the Breton language is still very present in the other parts dominates the French or the Gallo.
Cities
The largest municipalities in the department of Côtes- d'Armor:
Other important towns are Guingamp, Plouha and Treguier.