Tressignaux

Commune in Brittany, France

Tressignaux Tresigne
Commune
The chapel of Saint-Antoine
Coat of arms
Location of Tressignaux
(2020–2026)		Jean-Luc Guégan^[1]
Area ¹	7.29 km² (2.81 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	694
• Density	95/km² (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22375 /22290
Elevation	48–106 m (157–348 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tressignaux (French pronunciation: [tʁesiɲo]; Breton: Tresigne; Latin: Trisignala) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in the Brittany region in northwestern France.

The Chapel of Saint-Antoine, located in the village, was built in the thirteenth century and rebuilt in the sixteenth. Each year, a "pardon" is celebrated on the 3rd Sunday in August, attracting visitors to the village.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	425	—
1968	445	+4.7%
1975	427	−4.0%
1982	470	+10.1%
1990	512	+8.9%
1999	534	+4.3%
2008	580	+8.6%

Inhabitants of Tressignaux are called tressignaulais in French.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Tressignaux French tourist site (French language)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tressignaux.

History and information about Tressignaux (in French)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Photo of Chapel of Saint-Antoine
Etymology and History of Tressignaux (in French)