Anglet
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Commune of Anglet |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | Divided into 2 cantons |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération de Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz |
| Mayor | Jean Espilondo (2008 – 2014) |
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| Elevation | 0 m–76 m (avg. 38 m) |
| Land area¹ | 26.93 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
35,263 |
| - Density | 1,309/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 64024/ 64600 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Anglet (Gascon Occitan Anglet, Basque Angelu) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and Aquitaine region of France. The town's name is pronounced [ãglet]; i.e. with the final 't' sounded, unusually for French.
Anglet lies in the traditional province of Labourd in Gascony, and its townspeople are known as Angloys.
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[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.
[edit] Neighbouring Communes
[edit] Administration
| Date of Election | Identity | Quality |
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| Data prior to 1971 not yet known. | ||
| 1973 | Victor Mendiboure | |
| 1993 | Michel Bonnet | |
| 1999 | Alain Lamassoure | |
| 2001 | Robert Villenave | |
[edit] Demography
| 1901 | 1926 | 1936 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| 5,679 | 8,230 | 11,320 | 12,603 | 16,150 | 21,190 | 25,245 | 29,821 | 33,041 | 35,263 |
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[edit] Economy
Anglet forms a 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
- Guy Forget (Former Pro Tennis player and France's Davis Cup Team Captain)
- Diane Tell (singer)
[edit] Places and monuments
- The 'Chambre d'amour' grotto (reputedly the scene of the death of two lovers).
[edit] Transportation
Anglet 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.
[edit] Twinning
Anglet has been twinned with the town of Ansbach (Germany) since 1968.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Anglet has 11 beaches (from North to South):
- 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).
[edit] External links
- Town of Anglet official site (in French).
- Surf School Anglet (Gliss'experience)
- ANGELU in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) Information available in Spanish
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