Erquy
Erquy
Erge-ar-Mor | |
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Aerial view | |
Location of Erquy | |
| Coordinates: 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 | CA Lamballe Terre et Mer |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Henri Labbé |
Area 1 | 26.46 km2 (10.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 3,929 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22054 /22430 |
| Elevation | 0–116 m (0–381 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Erquy (French pronunciation: [ɛʁki]; 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.
Erquy claims to be the inspiration behind the village of the Asterix comics, which is situated in roughly the same place in ancient Armorica (now Brittany); this would make the villagers likely Coriosolites, a tribe who lived in that area.