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The towns of Pleurtuit and Saint-Malo are nearby and the Dinard Pleurtuit St Malo airport is about 4km south of Dinard. Categories: France geography stubs | Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine ...

History

In modern history Dinard was first settled by Saint-Malo's shipping merchants who built some of the towns magnificent villas on the cliff tops. In the late 1800's American and British aristocrats made Dinard popular as a fashionable summer resort, and the building of villas and exclusive hotels continued. It has been suggested that Dinard is a "French Brighton". Brighton on the southern Sussex coast is one of the largest and most famous seaside resorts in England. ...

Population

The population of the town of Dinard is approximately 10,000 people. It is a tourist town but is also popular with retired people who appreciate the sea-side location and the temperate climate. It is not rare for several generations of the same family to reside there. In geography, temperate latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. ...

Climate

Dinard lies on the Gulf Stream which means it enjoys a warm climate, several degrees warmer than the surrounding areas. The Yacht club has fine examples of tropical palms and plants, which stretch round the coast on the Promenade de Clare de la Lune, which pipes out music throughout the evening for couples to enjoy romantic walks. For the album by Ocean Colour Scene, see North Atlantic Drift (album) The Gulf Stream is orange and yellow in this representation of water temperatures of the Atlantic. ...

Hotels

The most exclusive hotel is the Grand, which looks over the Rance Estuary. Other notable hotels are the Royal, which sits next to the Casion above the main Esplanade. Further round the coast in the St Enogat area of Dinard is the Thallasa hotel and Villas Falais. This exclusive sea water therapy centre is one of only a few throughout Europe. The architecture of this building is sympathetic with the coast line, and from some angles becomes at one with the cliffside. The Rance is a river of northwestern France. ...

In the Summer the population swells to over 40 000 with the influx of holiday makers.

Visitors

Dinard's reputation as the "Cannes of the North" has attracted a wide variety of stars. Joan Collins is a frequent visitor, and Winston Churchill enjoyed holidaying on the River Rance. Alfred Hitchcock spent many summers in Dinard and based the house used in his most famous movie Pyscho on a Villa standing over the Plage D'Ecluse. Lawrence of Arabia lived in Dinard before his Arabic conquests and Piccasso, Monet and many other prominent artists enjoyed the stunning coast line. The seaside town of Cannes, in southern France, as seen from a ferry speeding towards lîle Saint Honorat Cannes (Canas in Provençal) (pronounced ) is a city and commune in southern France, located on the Riviera, in the Alpes-Maritimes département. ... Joan Collins on the cover of Life Magazine 1955 Joan Henrietta Collins OBE (born May 23, 1933) is a British actress and bestselling author. ... Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician and author, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (13 August 1899–29 April 1980) was a British film director and producer, a master of the suspense thriller genre. ... Thomas Edward Lawrence (August 16, 1888 – May 19, 1935), also known as Lawrence of Arabia, and (apparently, among his Arab allies) Aurens or El Aurens, became famous for his role as a British liaison officer during the Arab Revolt of 1916–1918. ... Claude Monet. ...

Attractions

Dinard cannot boast a vigorous nightlife, but many bars and fine restaurants fill the towns streets. The abundance of beaches coupled with a consistently sunny weather, however, attracts many visitors during the summer holidays. The attractions include a casino with a restaurant facing the sea and a hall which hosts many expositions. The nearby town of Saint-Lunaire also features a fairly large golf course and the beach of Longchamp, renowned as a "surfers' spot". View of Saint-Lunaire Saint-Lunaire is a commune of the Ille-et-Vilaine département in France. ...

Dinard holds every year a famous British Film Festival in the first days of October.

Educational facilities

Many educational facilities may be found in Dinard, most of them elementary and primary schools, though there are two secondary schools. The most popular, the Collège Le Bocage, is a public school (the other being private) and has an estimated 700 pupils from Dinard and its vicinity. From there onward, children go to lycée (the equivalent of the American high school), the closest being the Lycée Jacques Cartier at Saint-Malo. Categories: France geography stubs | Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine ...

Beaches

The town has several beaches all of which are sandy, clean and large. The main beach is Plage d'Ecluse and the second largest is the Plage St Enogat.

Photographs

One of Dinard's many beaches.

Dinard's town center with its roundabout around which can be found several restaurants and pubs, a hotel and a cinema.

A photograph of the rural town of Saint-Lunaire.

Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 283 KB)One of Dinards many beaches. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 283 KB)One of Dinards many beaches. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 243 KB)Dinards town center with its roundabout around which can be found several restaurants and pubs, a hotel and a cinema. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 243 KB)Dinards town center with its roundabout around which can be found several restaurants and pubs, a hotel and a cinema. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 257 KB)A photograph of the rural town of Saint-Lunaire. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 257 KB)A photograph of the rural town of Saint-Lunaire. ... View of Saint-Lunaire Saint-Lunaire is a commune of the Ille-et-Vilaine département in France. ...

External link

• Dinard's official homepage