ÃŽle Aganton is an island on the north coast of
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...
(France), adjacent to
ÃŽle-Grande which is to the east. Its size is about 1 km west to east, and it has a maximum width of about 500 m.
[Carrières de l'Ile Agathon]
sallevirtuelle.cotesdarmor.fr, accessed 19 August 2015. It is accessible on foot at low tide. It is in the
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
of
Pleumeur-Bodou
Pleumeur-Bodou (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of Pleumeur-Bodou are called ''pleumeurois'' in French.
Sister town
Pleuveur-Bodoù is twinned with Crosshaven, a vil ...
(department of
Côtes-d'Armor
The Côtes-d'Armor (, ; ; br, Aodoù-an-Arvor, ), formerly known as Côtes-du-Nord ( br, Aodoù-an-Hanternoz, link=no, ), are a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 600,582. ).
On the coast,
Trébeurden
Trébeurden (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of Trébeurden are called ''trébeurdinais'' in French.
International relations
Trébeurden is twinned with:
* Vâlcelele ...
lies to the south, and
Trégastel
Trégastel (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of the region of Brittany in northwestern France.
Trégastel is situated between Perros-Guirec and Pleumeur-Bodou. Lannion is 10 kilometres away.
Population
Inhabitants of Trégas ...
to the east.
Details
There is no permanent habitation.
Dune
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s cover much of the island; there is heather, and a small pine wood planted in 1920. There are two stone crosses, indication possibly of a burial ground from former times.
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The island has three branches; at the ends of each branch there is evidence of past granite-quarrying. The main site of former activity is on the north-east branch, where there is the largest quarry on the island, ruined buildings, and a jetty for loading boats at high tide.][
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Gallery
File:Ile Aganton, les anciennes carrières (2).jpg, An old quarry
File:Ile d'Aganton (3).jpg, View of ÃŽle-Grande from the island
File:ÃŽle Aganton (2).jpg, A ruined building by a quarry
References
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Islands of Brittany
Landforms of Côtes-d'Armor