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|INSEE = 22168|postal code = 22700|arrondissement = Lannion|canton = Perros-GuirecWEBSITE=DATA.GOUV.FR, PLATEFORME OUVERTE DES DONNéES PUBLIQUES FRANçAISESLANGUAGE=FR, |term = 2020–2026|intercommunality = Lannion-Trégor Communauté|elevation min m = 0|elevation max m = 96|area km2 = 14.16population_total}}population_as_of}}population_footnotes}}|image flag=Flag of Perros-Guirec.gif}}Perros-Guirec ({{IPA-fr|pɛʁɔs É¡iʁɛk}}; ) is a commune in the department of Côtes-d'Armor in Brittany. It has been a seaside resort since the end of the 19th century.

Geography

Climate

Perros-Guirec has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Perros-Guirec is {{cvt|11.9|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|856.2|mm}} with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around {{cvt|17.3|C}}, and lowest in February, at around {{cvt|7.3|C}}. The highest temperature ever recorded in Perros-Guirec was {{cvt|36.2|C}} on 19 July 2016; the coldest temperature ever recorded was {{cvt|-11.0|C}} on 21 February 1948.{{Weather box|location= Perros-Guirecweather station data (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1947−present)|width = auto|collapsed = true|metric first= Y|single line= Y|Jan record high C = 17.8|Feb record high C = 20.6|Mar record high C = 25.0|Apr record high C = 26.9|May record high C = 30.3|Jun record high C = 32.7|Jul record high C = 36.2|Aug record high C = 35.6|Sep record high C = 30.5|Oct record high C = 30.8|Nov record high C = 22.0|Dec record high C = 18.3|year record high C = 36.2|Jan high C = 9.6|Feb high C = 9.7|Mar high C = 11.5|Apr high C = 12.7|May high C = 15.2|Jun high C = 17.7|Jul high C = 19.8|Aug high C = 20.4|Sep high C = 18.9|Oct high C = 16.0|Nov high C = 12.5|Dec high C = 10.2|year high C = 14.5|Jan mean C = 7.4|Feb mean C = 7.3|Mar mean C = 8.9|Apr mean C = 9.9|May mean C = 12.4|Jun mean C = 14.8|Jul mean C = 16.9|Aug mean C = 17.3|Sep mean C = 16.0|Oct mean C = 13.4|Nov mean C = 10.2|Dec mean C = 8.0|year mean C = 11.9|Jan low C = 5.2|Feb low C = 4.9|Mar low C = 6.3|Apr low C = 7.1|May low C = 9.6|Jun low C = 12.0|Jul low C = 13.9|Aug low C = 14.3|Mar record low C = -3.2|Apr record low C = 0.0|May record low C = 1.8|Jun record low C = 6.0|Jul record low C = 8.2|Aug record low C = 7.8|Sep record low C = 7.0|Oct record low C = 1.0|Nov record low C = -2.8|Dec record low C = -10.0|year record low C = -11.0|precipitation colour = green|Jan precipitation mm = 93.3|Feb precipitation mm = 76.3|Mar precipitation mm = 65.5|Apr precipitation mm = 64.9|May precipitation mm = 61.3|Jun precipitation mm = 45.5|Jul precipitation mm = 47.4|Aug precipitation mm = 49.5|Sep precipitation mm = 55.4|Oct precipitation mm = 91.5|Nov precipitation mm = 95.8|Dec precipitation mm = 109.8|year precipitation mm = 856.2|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm|Jan precipitation days = 15.9|Feb precipitation days = 12.4|Mar precipitation days = 12.2|Apr precipitation days = 11.3|May precipitation days = 10.2|Jun precipitation days = 8.1|Jul precipitation days = 8.7|Aug precipitation days = 8.3|Sep precipitation days = 9.2|Oct precipitation days = 13.8|Nov precipitation days = 15.6|Dec precipitation days = 15.6|year precipitation days = 141.5PUBLISHER=METEOCIEL, 20 June 2022, }}

Breton language

In 2008, 4.79% of primary school children attended bilingual schools.{{in lang|fr}} Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

Tourism

Perros-Guirec is a seaside resort, with sandy beaches and water and beach sports. It is known for its pink granite rocks which have been sculpted by the sea into varied shapes and patterns. There are three large sandy beaches suitable for families: Trestraou beach is suitable for swimming, sunbathing as well as surfing, as it is sheltered and receives full sunshine; Trestrignel beach is wilder and more exposed to the wind; Saint-Guirec beach is smaller and even more picturesque with the presence of the Costaeres Castle on its island in front of it.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}Perros-Guirec has a number of seafront villas and manors, many of which are built with pink granite extracted locally.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}File:Cote Granite Rose pano.jpg|400px|left|thumb|Pink granite coast, nearby Ploumanac'hPloumanac'h(File:Reserve Naturelle 7 îles.tif|thumb|400px|left|Panorama of the Natural Reserve of the 7 Islands.)

Economy

Perros-Guirec's economy is largely based on tourism but benefits also from its proximity to Lannion technopole. The nearby Grand Isle, separated from the mainland by a narrow channel, was once famous for its granite quarrying industry. The rock was transported from the island by boat, and was used in the construction of many imposing buildings in Paris.{{clear left}}

International relations

Perros-Guirec is twinned with :

• {{flagicon|UK}} Teignmouth in Devon in the southwest of England.WEB

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• {{flagicon|FRA}} Barr, Bas-Rhin, France
• {{flagicon|FRA}} Quintin, France

People

Inhabitants of Perros-Guirec are called Perrosiens in French.{{Historical populations|align = none|cols = 2|percentages = pagr26550|Perros-Guirec}} and INSEE (1968-2017)Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE173814771783196822512366236825552605263527652800276127782920271326142809299133953488363340784432460558125231602068667773749674977614733373767139}}Perros-Guirec was long attended by men of letters and artists, for instance the painter Maurice Denis, owner of a villa in Trestrignel ("Never the nature seemed to me more beautiful than in Perros"), writers Anatole Le Braz, Charles Le Goffic, or Ernest Renan who was behind the idea of the construction of the Grand Hotel in Trestraou, to name a few. Joseph Conrad lived here for several years and wrote many of his most famous maritime books during that period.

Cultural references

Perros-Guirec is where, in Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera, a teenage Vicomte de Chagny retrieves young Christine Daaé's scarf from the sea.BOOK, Chauls, Robert, Robinette, Joseph, The Phantom of the Opera: Based Upon the Novel by Gaston Leroux,weblink 1992, Dramatic Publishing, 978-0-87129-173-8, 30, It is also the final resting place of her father, where The Phantom plays The Resurrection Of Lazarus on her father's violin for her.

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
• Jentilez (Sept-ÃŽles)
• Ploumanac'h Lighthouse
• Sept-ÃŽles Lighthouse

References

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External links

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• Official website {{in lang|fr}}
• {{Search Mérimée|22168}}

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