Anglet

Anglet is a French commune situated in the department of Pyr?n?es-Atlantiques and the Aquitaine region.

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Unusually for French, the final ?t? of the town?s name is pronounced, i.e. . Its Basque name is Angelu.

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The townspeople are known as Angloys.

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• 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)

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