Arcangues

For the Thoroughbred racehorse, see Arcangues (horse).

Arcangues
Arcangues
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Bayonne
Canton	Ustaritz
Mayor	Jean Michel Colo (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	4–140 m (13–460 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 ft)
Land area1	17.47 km2 (6.75 sq mi)
Population2	3,079  (2006)
- Density	176 /km2 (460 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	64038/ 64200
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.

Arcangues (Basque: Arrangoitze) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western 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.

Arcangues is also a very famous French place of holiday resort and possess famous houses such as the house of Luis Mariano the Marionako Borda's house , the Arcangues Castle and the Othe Xuri's house.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

References

• INSEE commune file
• Touradour travel website on Arcangues

External links

• ARRANGOITZE in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (Spanish)