Cambo-les-Bains

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Commune of Cambo-les-Bains Gardens of Arnaga in Cambo-les-Bains
Location
Longitude	1°24' W
Latitude	43°21' N
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Bayonne
Canton	Espelette
Mayor	Vincent Bru (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	0 m–400 m (avg. 45 m)
Land area¹	22 km²
Population² (1999)	4,416
- Density (1999)	196/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	64160/ 64250
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).

Cambo-les-Bains (Basque Kanbo) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France.

[edit] Famous residents

In 1900, Edmond Rostand, writer of the play Cyrano de Bergerac, came to Cambo-les-Bains because of his pulmonary disease. He was taken by the area and in time bought some land and had a house built. It was completed in 1906. His house, the Villa Arnaga, is now a heritage site and a museum devoted to Rostand's life and Basque architecture and crafts.

The Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz died in Cambo-les-Bains in 1909.

[edit] External links

• KANBO in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) Information available in Spanish
• Edmond Rostand, Cambo-les-Bains Information about Rostand's house, now a museum, in French

Municipalities in Labourd (Lapurdi)   Official name in French (name in Basque, if different)

Ahetze | Ainhoa | Anglet (Angelu) | Arbonne (Arbona)| Arcangues (Arrangoitze)| Ascain (Azkaine) | Bardos (Bardoze) | Bassussarry (Basusarri) | Bayonne (Baiona) | Biarritz (Miarritze) | Bidart (Bidarte) | Biriatou (Biriatu) | Bonloc (Lekuine) | Boucau (Bokale) | Briscous (Beskoitze) | Cambo-les-Bains (Kanbo) | Ciboure (Ziburu) | Espelette (Ezpeleta) | Guéthary (Getaria) | Guiche (Gixune) | Halsou (Haltsu) | Hasparren (Hazparne) | Hendaye (Hendaia) | Itxassou (Itsasu) | Jatxou (Jatsu) | Lahonce (Lehuntze) | Larressore (Larresoro) | Louhossoa (Luhuso) | Macaye (Makea) | Mendionde (Lekorne) | Mouguerre (Mugerre) | Saint-Jean-de-Luz (Donibane Lohizune) | Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle (Senpere) | Saint-Pierre-d'Irube (Hiriburu) | Sare (Sara) | Souraïde (Zuraide) | Urcuit (Urketa) | Urrugne (Urruña) | Urt (Ahurti) | Ustaritz (Uztaritze) | Villefranque (Milafranga)