ANGLET

'Anglet' (Basque ''Angelu'', Gascon ''Anglet'') is a French commune situated in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques ''département'' and the Aquitaine ''région''. It is in the traditional Basque province of Labourd.
Unusually for French, the final ‘t’ of the town’s name is pronounced, i.e. [ãglet].
The townspeople are known as ''Angloys''.

Contents

Geography

Neighbouring Communes

History

Administration

Demography

Economy

Sport

Notable people with links to the commune

Places and monuments

Transportation

Twinning

Miscellaneous

External links

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

Neighbouring Communes

★ Arbonne

★ Arcangues

★ Bassussarry

★ Bayonne

★ Biarritz

★ Bidart

★ Boucau

★ Tarnos (Landes)

History

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

Demography

Demographic Changes

1901	1926	1936	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
5,679	8,230	11,320	12,603	16,150	21,190	25,245	29,821	33,041	35,263
Census Enumeration : Population without double-counting

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 people with links to the commune

★ Guy Forget (Former Pro Tennis player and France's Davis Cup Team Captain)

★ Diane Tell (singer)

Places and monuments

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

Transportation

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

Twinning

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

Miscellaneous

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'').

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