Arcangues

French commune|nomcommune=Arcangues
région=Aquitaine
département=Pyrénées-Atlantiques
arrondissement=Bayonne
canton=Ustaritz
insee=64038
cp=64200
maire=Jean Michel Colo
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=
longitude=-1.51972222222
latitude=43.4375
alt moy=60 m
alt mini=4
alt maxi=140 m
hectares=1747
km²=17.47
sans=2733
date-sans=1999
dens=156.44
date-dens=1999

Arcangues ( _eu. Arrangoitze) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France in what was formerly the province of Labourd.

Home to the Marquis d'Arcangues, his Chateau d'Arcangues was used as the Duke of Wellington's headquarters during the December 1813 Battles of the Nive in the Peninsular War. During the German occupation of France in World War II, the Nazis used the chateau as headquarters for its local troops.

The French Thoroughbred racehorse Arcangues, who was given the village's name, won the 1993 Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

References

* [http://www.touradour.com/Towns/Arcangues/gb/Arcangues.htm Touradour travel website on Arcangues]

External links

* [http://www.euskomedia.org/euskomedia/SAunamendi?idi=en&op=7&voz=ARRANGOITZE ARRANGOITZE in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)] Information available in Spanish