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Références
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General
informations, tourist guides...
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Plestin
outlined -
Plestin-les-Greves
is a resort and a market town located on the North coast of Brittany not far from Lannion
(East
direction at twenty kilometers) and Morlaix (West direction also at twenty
kilometers).
Population
is 3500 in winter, while it is 10 000 in summer.
Access
to the motorway (RN12 Brest-Rennes-Paris) is easy (less than ten
kilometers).
By
car, Plestin - Roscoff, with its ferry line to Plymouth-Cornwall, takes
fourty minutes.
The
oceanic weather offers mild weather (mimosa trees in gardens, snow and frost are
rare, average 5-12° C in winter) and mild summer (sunny days without high
temperature,
average 19-23°C) due to the synergy of the sea influence and sheltered woody
country. Spring and Autumn are splendid seasons.
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The
distance between the town center (Town hall) and the coast is less than two
kilometers. However,
there is not a clear separation between the center and the sea area due to the
presence of a continuous set of houses.
The
coast of Plestin is characterized by long beaches bordering two bays : the bay of
Locquirec and the huge bay of Saint Efflam(*), a four kilometers beach. In the
middle of this beach, "le Grand Rocher", a huge rock associated with
a legend (king Arthur, Saint Efflam see NOTE hereafter).
NOTE
: Saint
Efflam is celtic monk that came from Ireland in the 5th century. He was followed
by sainte Enora, his wife. He christianised the area of Plestin. The tomb of
Saint Efflam can be seen in the Saint Efflam church in the
center of Plestin.
In
summer, beaches offer swimming possibilities and a set of sports, specially
through the Nautical center, the sea is coloured by the sails of the
sailing-boats, the funboards...
The
surrounded countryside is predominantly agricultural. However, the scenery
remains woody as fields have small/medium size and are separated by
hedges and woods.
Three
small rivers cross Plestin (salmon fishing is possible at least on the main one
: "The Douron").
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The center of
the town is organized around the Saint Efflam church and the Town hall. A
lot of small shops can be found : baker, butcher, books, sport clothes,
flowers, bars... also services like pharmacy, doctors offices, and general
services : Tourism office, Cultural center...
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The
historic patrimony is rich.
It
remotes to the very ancient times as it covers 300 000 years of history : from silex
axes, through huge stones isolated or structured, neolithic tools, tumulus, celtic
monuments, roman buildings (thermae), bretons Saint statues...
From
more (relatively) recent periods (XVe-XVIIIe centuries) : a lot of chapels,
small castles and manors, mills...
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Economy
is based on :
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tourism ; Plestin is a resort with hotels, restaurants, "crêperies",
camping areas...
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commerce ; in addition to the various small shops mentionned herebefore, three
supermarkets and an important sunday's market have an actual influence in the
whole district ;
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agriculture, more than thirty farmers share the exploitable fields ;
If
small and medium industry is not developped (retired people and plestinais
working in other towns as Lannion, Guerlesquin, Morlaix... are numerous), it is worth to note the significant number of very small enterprises
(one/two workers).
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The
scolar life concerns several public and private schools and a public college.
Sport infrastructures are recent.
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The
most popular sports are handball, football, tennis, badminton, bicycle,
walking (tours are organised on demand).
The "Bowl hall" ensures that
typical Breton bowl (wood bowl) and "pétanque" competitions and training
can take place independantly of the weather.
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Culture
and hobbies are : Cultural center (events, provision of books on the local
history, the patrimony...), Ty an Holl (in breton, means : "House for
all") where diversified activities and courses are organised : music
(modern, classic, breton), breton danse, painting, social events (books, paint,
photography).
The
cinema, that shows the most recent movies together with cultural sessions, is
situated in the center of the town.
All
along the year, a number of small religious ceremonies ("pardons")
that relates to the chapels devoted to the breton saints take place.
The
social life is dynamised by more than seventy associations.
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Plestin-les-Grèves
is an attractive place as it hosts in summer an increasing number of english, german
and italian tourists.
Furthermore,
it hosts several english residents that, after having bought houses, live and
work on a permanent basis.
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- Plestin
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Plestin :
a town between fields and sea |
Town
center : the Saint Efflam church |
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Saint
Efflam bay |
Saint
Efflam bay : "le Grand Rocher" |
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Main
river (Douron) estuary |
Roman
thermae on the Locquirec bay |
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Map
of the Plestin area |
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