Anglet

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Administration
Commune of Anglet
Location
Coordinates	43°29′06″N, 01°31′06″W
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Bayonne
Canton	Chief town of 2 cantons
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz
Mayor	Robert Villenave (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	0 m–76 m (avg. 38 m)
Land area¹	27 km²
Population² (1999)	35,263
- Density (1999)	1,309/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	64024/ 64600
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Anglet (Basque Angelu, Gascon Anglet) is a French commune situated in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département and the Aquitaine région. It is in the traditional Basque province of Labourd.

Unusually for French, the final ‘t’ of the town’s name is pronounced, i.e. [ãglet].

The townspeople are known as Angloys.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Neighbouring Communes
2 History
3 Administration
4 Demography
5 Economy
6 Sport
7 Notable people with links to the commune
8 Places and monuments
9 Transportation
10 Twinning
11 Miscellaneous
12 External links

[edit] 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

[edit] Neighbouring Communes

[edit] History

[edit] Administration

Successive Mayors
Date of Election	Identity	Quality
Data prior to 1995 not yet known.
1995	Michel Bonnet
2001	Robert Villenave

[edit] Demography

Demographic Changes
1901	1926	1936	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
5,679	8,230	11,320	12,603	16,150	21,190	25,245	29,821	33,041	35,263
Census Enumeration : Population without double-counting

[edit] Economy

Anglet forms an association (‘communauté d'agglomération’), BAB with the towns of Bayonne and Biarritz, together with whom it jointly administers the airport of Biarritz - Anglet - Bayonne.

Local economic activity :

Seaside resort
Sport
Seawater Therapy

[edit] 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.

[edit] Notable people with links to the commune

[edit] Places and monuments

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

[edit] Transportation

Angelet has an airport Aéroport de Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne its about 2 kilometers just opposite of N10 road , it is joined airport with Biarritz and Bayonne. It has flights to destinations across France as well as Europe.