Côte d'Émeraude

The name was inspired by the branding success of the Côte d'Azur in encouraging tourism and development.

[1][2] The coast stretches across 120 km[3] between Pointe du Grouin in Cancale and Cap Fréhel in Plévenon, is located in the Côtes-d'Armor and Ille-et-Vilaine departments, and includes the Rance estuary, Dinard, and Saint-Malo.

The official Communauté de communes Côte d'Émeraude does not cover the entire area.

Plans to turn the Côte d'Émeraude into a protected park were conceived in 2003.

[4] Painter Léon Hamonet, from Erquy, created many watercolours of the Côte d'Émeraude.