Cambo-les-Bains
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Cambo-les-Bains |
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 Cambo-les-Bains
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| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | Espelette |
| Mayor | Vincent Bru (2001–2008) |
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| Elevation | 0–400 m (0–1,300 ft) (avg. 45 m/148 ft) |
| Land area1 | 22 km2 (8.5 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 5,814 (2006) |
| - Density | 264 /km2 (680 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64160/ 64250 |
| 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. | |
Coordinates: 43°21′32″N 1°24′01″W / 43.3589°N 1.4003°W
Cambo-les-Bains (Basque Kanbo) is a town in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
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In 1900, Edmond Rostand, writer of the play Cyrano de Bergerac, came to Cambo-les-Bains because of his pulmonary disease. He was taken by the area and in time bought some land and had a house built. It was completed in 1906. His house, the Villa Arnaga, is now a heritage site and a museum devoted to Rostand's life and Basque architecture and crafts.
The Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz died in Cambo-les-Bains in 1909. Another significant Spanish composer, Sebastián Durón, died there in 1716.
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- KANBO in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) Information available in Spanish
- Edmond Rostand, Cambo-les-Bains Information about Rostand's house, now a museum, in French
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