Anglet
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Bayonne
Canton	principal town of 2 cantons
INSEE	64024
Postal Code	64600
Mayor Current Term	Robert Villenave 2001-2007
Intercommunalité	Community of the agglomération Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz
Longitude	1° 53' 06”'' West
Latitude	43° 29' 06”'' North
Altitudes	average : 38 m minimum : 0 m maximum : 76 m
Area	2,693 ha = 27 km²
Population without double-counting	35,263 inhab. (1999)
Population Density	1,309 inhab./km²

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The townspeople are known as Angloys.

Geography

• The river Adour enters the Atlantic between here and Tarnos.
• A pine forest covers 10% of the town (primarily in the Pignada, Lazaret and Chiberta areas).
• The sandy coast which commences 200 km to the North at the Pointe de Grave, the end of the Gironde estuary, ends here. Numerous dikes mark the Anglet shoreline.

Topography of Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne

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Neighbouring Communes

• Arbonne
• Arcangues
• Bassussarry
• Bayonne
• Biarritz
• Bidart
• Boucau
• Tarnos (Landes)

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History

Administration

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Demography

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Économie

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Local economic activity :

• Seaside resort
• Sport
• Seawater Therapy

Sport

• Ice Hockey : The ‘Anglet Orcas’ team play in the Magnus League;
• Golf : The Chiberta, a 71-hole links, is one of the most beautiful of the Basque Coast. In 2005, it hosted a qualifying tournament for the French Open;
• Equestrianism
• Surfing : The local beaches host many competitions for both Men and Women.

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Notable people with links to the commune

Places and monuments

• The ‘Chambre d'amour’ grotto (reputedly the scene of the death of two lovers).

Twinning

Anglet has been twinned with the town of Ansbach (Germany) since 1968. See Ansbach, Austria for the Austrian town of the same name. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

Miscellaneous

VVF beach, Cape Saint Martin and Biarritz Lighthouse.

Anglet has 11 beaches:

• Plage de la Barre;
• Plage des cavaliers;
• Plage des dunes;
• Plage de l'océan;
• Plage de la Madrague;
• Plage de la petite Madrague;
• Plage des corsaires;
• Plage de Marinella;
• Plage des sables d'or;
• Plage du club;
• Plage du VVF (Village Vacances Famille).

External Links

• Town of Anglet official site (in French).