LA POINTE D'AGON
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AGON-COUTAINVILLE
La Pointe d'Agon
A wild area which is full of life and continually changes in appearance with the tides and the light. It has been classified as a natural site since 1989, with its strands, sandy expanses and salt marshes grazed by sheep, and provides a magnificent view of the Sienne estuary and the Regnéville harbour.
La Pointe d'Agon hides unsuspected wealth. Among its 400 species of plants are the lyme grass, glasswort, sea lavender, aster, wild orchid, etc.
The Pointe d'Agon Lighthouse
Built of rubble and local cut-stone and covered in zinc to resist the wind, it has been guiding sailors since 1856.
The lighthouse is connected to Regnéville which has traffic of more than 300 ships per year, as many from France as from England and Norway.
It was in 1848 that the decision was made to build the lighthouse here. Sailors ran the risk of not locating the port on moonless nights. Since communication was difficult by sea and by land, living quarters had to be added to lodge a lighthouse keeper. Inaugurated in 1856, the Agon lighthouse replaced the Fort.
=> The lighthouse is open to visitors only as a part of guided tours proposed by the Agon-Coutainville tourist office.
The Lechanteur Monument
It is located at the Pointe d'Agon, on the roadside leading to the lighthouse, on a dune. It was inaugurated in 1976 to pay homage to F. Lechanteur, an academic, defender and historian of the Norman language. The monument is in the shape of a ship. It has the proportions of a Viking ship (esnecca, warship). Two high stones represent the bow and the stern of the ship. Its sides are marked out by stones with the names of the donors engraved in runic characters.
The Pointe d'Agon Lighthouse
Built of rubble and local cut-stone and covered in zinc to resist the wind, it has been guiding sailors since 1856.
The lighthouse is connected to Regnéville which has traffic of more than 300 ships per year, as many from France as from England and Norway.
It was in 1848 that the decision was made to build the lighthouse here. Sailors ran the risk of not locating the port on moonless nights. Since communication was difficult by sea and by land, living quarters had to be added to lodge a lighthouse keeper. Inaugurated in 1856, the Agon lighthouse replaced the Fort.
=> The lighthouse is open to visitors only as a part of guided tours proposed by the Agon-Coutainville tourist office.
The Lechanteur MonumentIt is located at the Pointe d'Agon, on the roadside leading to the lighthouse, on a dune. It was inaugurated in 1976 to pay homage to F. Lechanteur, an academic, defender and historian of the Norman language. The monument is in the shape of a ship. It has the proportions of a Viking ship (esnecca, warship). Two high stones represent the bow and the stern of the ship. Its sides are marked out by stones with the names of the donors engraved in runic characters.