Anglet

French commune
nomcommune= Anglet
région=Aquitaine
département=Pyrénées-Atlantiques
arrondissement=Bayonne
canton=
insee=64024
cp=64600
maire=Jean Espilondo
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz
latitude=43.4850
longitude=-1.5183
alt moy=38 m
alt mini=0
alt maxi=76 m
km²=26.93
sans=35,263
date-sans=1999
dens=1309
date-dens=1999

Anglet (Gascon Occitan "Anglet", Basque "Angelu") is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in Aquitaine in southwestern 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".

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.

Neighbouring Communes

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

Administration

Demography

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

port

*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.

Notable people with links to the commune

* Guy Forget, tennis player and captain of the French Davis Cup team
* Diane Tell, singer

Places and monuments

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

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.

Twinning

Anglet has been twinned with the town of Ansbach (Germany) since 1968.

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").

External links

* [http://www.ville-anglet.fr/ Town of Anglet official site (in French).]
* [http://glissexperience.com/accueil-uk.htm/ Surf School Anglet (Gliss'experience)]
* [http://www.euskomedia.org/euskomedia/SAunamendi?idi=en&op=7&voz=ANGELU ANGELU in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)] Information available in Spanish