Cap Fréhel

Cap Fréhel is a

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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.

, in northern

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which extends off the

Côte d'Émeraude The Côte d'Émeraude ( br, Aod an Emrodez; ) is a name given to a part of the English Channel coast of eastern Brittany near the border with Normandy in France. Etymology Lawyer and historian Eugène Herpin coined the name Côte d'Émeraude in ...

into the

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. No towns or villages are situated on the peninsula; however, two

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s, one from the 17th century and the other one from 1950, are located at the tip of it. The Cap is located 8.5 km from the town centre of

Fréhel Fréhel (; born Marguerite Boulc'h; 13 July 1891 – 3 February 1951) was a French singer and actress. Biography Born in Paris to a poor and dysfunctional Breton family, Marguerite Boulc'h was a child left to a life on the streets in the sordid ...

, although, administratively, it is located within the territory of the ''commune'' of

Plévenon Plévenon (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. On January 1, 1973, Plévenon was merged with the commune of Pléherel, after which the new commune was called Fréhel. However, Plévenon was re-es ...

. The peninsula is surrounded mainly by

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s, which make it difficult to access it via sea. The whole of the undulating terrain is covered in

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and

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es, which make it difficult to construct any

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on the site. Cap Fréhel gives its name to

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when sailors from

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begin to fish

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. French actress and singer

had taken her stage name from this peninsula. Frehel, Cap Frehel, Cap Headlands of Brittany Tourist attractions in Côtes-d'Armor {{CôtesArmor-geo-stub