Erquy
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Location within Brittany region
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| Coordinates: 48°37′57″N 2°27′47″W / 48.6325°N 2.463°WCoordinates: 48°37′57″N 2°27′47″W / 48.6325°N 2.463°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Brittany | |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Brieuc | |
| Canton | Pléneuf-Val-André | |
| Intercommunality | Côte de Penthièvre | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Christiane Guervilly | |
| Area1 | 26.46 km2 (10.22 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 3,783 | |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22054 / 22430 | |
| Elevation | 0–116 m (0–381 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Erquy (Breton: Erge-ar-Mor, Gallo: Erqi) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Erquy is located in a cove of the Penthièvre coast bordered by cape Erquy on one side and a volcanic rock formation called pointe de la Heussaye on the other. Erquy harbour shelters a flotilla of about 80 trawlers and the town is known as the scallop “capital”. The shellfish are collected in the Saint-Brieuc bay.
With its ten fine sand beaches and lovely pink sandstone houses, Erquy is a popular summer tourist destination.
Inhabitants of Erquy are called Réginéens or Erquiais in French.
Erquy offers a variety of natural landscapes: pink sandstone cliffs and rocks, wild heathland, pinewoods, beaches, dunes and a transparent emerald sea.
Some coastal paths run along the spectacular pink sandstone cliffs of Cape Erquy and Cape Fréhel, close by. The heathland of Cape Erquy is listed as one of the most remarkable natural environments of the Côtes-d'Armor department. Once used as farmland, it is now a nature reserve. It shelters a wide variety of species of heather and gorse creating a colourful landscape changing with the seasons.
Erquy’s ten beaches come in all shapes and sizes: from the small coves bordered by heathland north of the cape to the large expanses of Caroual and Saint-Pabu.
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