- 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=1999Anglet (Gascon Occitan "Anglet", Basque "Angelu") is a commune in the
Pyrénées-Atlantiques department inAquitaine in southwesternFrance . 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 inGascony , and its townspeople are known as "Angloys".Geography
* The river
Adour enters the Atlantic between here andTarnos .
* 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 thePointe de Grave , the end of theGironde 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 ofBayonne andBiarritz , together with whom it jointly administers the airport of "Biarritz - Anglet - Bayonne".Local economic activity :
* Seaside resort
* Sport
* Seawater Therapyport
*
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 FrenchDavis Cup team
*Diane Tell , singerPlaces 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 withBiarritz andBayonne . It has flights to destinations acrossFrance as well asEurope .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
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