Anglet

Anglet
Anglet
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Bayonne
Intercommunality	Boucau-Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz-Bidart
Mayor	Jean Espilondo (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	0–76 m (0–249 ft) (avg. 38 m or 125 ft)
Land area1	26.93 km2 (10.40 sq mi)
Population2	38,992  (2006)
- Density	1,448 /km2 (3,750 /sq mi)
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 without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Anglet (Gascon Occitan Anglet, Basque Angelu) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in Aquitaine in south-western 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 of the Northern Basque Country, while its inhabitants, called Angloys, have been traditionally Gascon speaking.

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 (120 mi) to the North at the Pointe de Grave, the end of the Gironde estuary, ends here. Numerous dikes mark the Anglet shoreline.

Topography of Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne

Neighbouring Communes

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

Administration

Successive Mayors

Date of Election	Identity	Quality
Data prior to 1971 not yet known.
1973	Victor Mendiboure
1993	Michel Bonnet
1999	Alain Lamassoure
2001	Robert Villenave
2008	Jean Espilondo	Former deputy

Demography

Historical population of Anglet

Year	1901	1926	1936	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	5,679	8,230	11,320	12,603	16,150	21,190	25,245	29,821	33,041	35,263	38,992
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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

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.

Notable residents

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

Places of interest

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

Transport

Anglet has an airport Aéroport de Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne its about 2 kilometres just opposite of N10 road , it is joined airport with Biarritz and Bayonne. It has flights to destinations across France as well as Europe.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Twin towns — Sister cities

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

Beaches

VVF beach, Cape Saint Martin and Biarritz Lighthouse.

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).

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

References

• INSEE commune file

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