Arcachon is known for the Arcachonnaise, the local name for an Arcachon villa, which is the architectural style of many of the older houses built in France. It is a type of Victorian architecture.
Arcachon is known for the Arcachonnaise, the local name for an Arcachon villa, which is the architectural style of many of the older houses built in France. It is a type of Victorian architecture.
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Gironde is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwest France. It is named after the Gironde estuary, a major waterway. The Bordeaux wine region is in the Gironde.
The following is a list of the 535 communes of the Gironde department of France.
Arcachon is a commune in the southwestern French department of Gironde. It is a popular seaside resort on the Atlantic coast 55 kilometres (34 mi) southwest of Bordeaux, in the Landes forest. It has a sandy beach and a mild climate said to be favourable for invalids suffering from pulmonary complaints. Arcachon is twinned with:*
Soorts-Hossegor is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France, 20 km north of Biarritz.
The 6 arrondissements of the Gironde department are:
La Teste-de-Buch is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Andernos-les-Bains is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France.
Arcachon – La Teste-de-Buch Airport is an airport located 4.5 km southeast of Arcachon and near La Teste-de-Buch, both communes of the Gironde département in France.
The arrondissement of Arcachon is an arrondissement of France in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 17 communes. Its population is 150,979 (2016), and its area is 1,469.8 km2 (567.5 sq mi).
Arcachon Bay is a bay of the Atlantic Ocean on the southwest coast of France, situated in Pays de Buch between the Côte d'Argent and the Côte des Landes, in the region of Aquitaine. The bay covers an area of 150 km² at high tide and 40 km² at low tide. Some of its geological features are natural preservation areas.
Pays de Buch is one of several areas that make up the Landes forest in France. It extends across seventeen towns around the Arcachon Bay and the valley of the Eyre River. The village of Porge is at the north end and La Teste de Buch at the south, with Belin-Béliet to the east.
Audenge is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France. It lies on the Arcachon Bay.
Cap Ferret is a headland, situated at the south end of the commune of Lège-Cap-Ferret in the French department of Gironde and region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The headland takes the form of a spit, which separates the Atlantic Ocean from Arcachon Bay. At the same time, the entrance to Arcachon Bay separates Cap Ferret from the resort town of Arcachon.
Our Lady of Arcachon is a three-dimensional religious image venerated at Arcachon in southwestern France and credited with working miracles. To all appearances it is a work of the thirteenth century; it is carved from a block of alabaster about twenty inches in height and represents Mary, the mother of Jesus, clad in Oriental drapery and holding the Divine Infant on her right arm.
Football Club Bassin d'Arcachon Sud is a French association football club founded in 1923. They are based in Arcachon, Gironde and currently play in the National 3, the fifth tier in the French football league system. They play at the Stade Jean Brousse in Arcachon.
The 1989 Arcachon Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Arcachon, France that was part of the Category 2 tier of the 1989 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 10 July until 16 July 1989. Judith Wiesner won the singles title.
Pascal Touron is a French rower. He won one of his first international races in 1989 in the GB vs France Under 16 Match. He has won two Olympic medals: a bronze medal in the Men's Lightweight Double Sculls in 2000 and a silver in the same event in 2004.
Arcachon is a railway station located in Arcachon, Gironde, south-western France. The station is located on the Lamothe–Arcachon railway. The train services are operated by SNCF.
Louis Marie-Auguste Boutan was a French biologist and photographer. He was a pioneer in the field of underwater photography.