Arcachon (French: [aʁ.ka.ʃɔ̃]; Gascon: Arcaishon) is a commune in the southwestern French department of Gironde. It is a popular seaside resort on the...
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Arcachon Basin or alternatively Arcachon Bay (French: Bassin d'Arcachon, French pronunciation: [basɛ̃ daʁkaʃɔ̃]; Gascon: Laca d'Arcaishon) is a bay of...
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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...
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Arcachon station (French: Gare d'Arcachon) is a railway station in Arcachon, Gironde, Southwestern France. Opened in 1857, it is the western terminus...
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The Synagogue of Arcachon (French: Synagogue d'Arcachon), also Synagogue Temple Osiris, is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 36 Avenue Gambetta...
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Atlantic Ocean from Arcachon Bay. At the same time, the entrance to Arcachon Bay separates Cap Ferret from the resort town of Arcachon. Cap Ferret is famous...
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Arcachon – La Teste-de-Buch Airport (French: Aéroport d'Arcachon - La Teste-de-Buch) (ICAO: LFCH) is an airport located 4.5 km southeast of Arcachon and...
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It has three of the four historic resorts on the French Atlantic coast: Arcachon, Biarritz and Royan, as well as several ski resorts (most notably Gourette)...
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The arrondissement of Arcachon is an arrondissement of France in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 17 communes. Its population...
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Miss Aquitaine (section Miss Arcachon)
(1989); Mélody Vilbert (1994) 1st Runner-Up: Christine Schmidt (1972; Miss Arcachon); Martine Calzavara (1974; Miss Gascony); Frédérique Leroy (1982; Miss...
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Our Lady of Arcachon, the Star of the Sea is a venerated image of the Blessed Virgin Mary enshrined at the basilica of Arcachon, France. Originally from...
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tallest sand dune in Europe. It is located in La Teste-de-Buch in the Arcachon Bay area, France, 60 km (37.2 mi) southwest of Bordeaux along France's...
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studied the sea and all forms of life in water. The Great Dune of Pyla in Arcachon Bay near Bordeaux is the tallest sand dune in Europe. The most populous...
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The Arcachon Cup is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played in 1989. It was held in Arcachon in France and played on outdoor clay courts...
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of Heracles (French: Statue d'Héraclès) stands in the Parc Mauresque in Arcachon, in the southwestern French department of Gironde. The marble statue by...
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7+1⁄2 in) Mundolsheim Top 15 Aquitaine Laura Marque 25 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Arcachon Top 15 Auvergne Romane Agostinho 28 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Beaumont Brittany...
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cottage French colonial Second Empire Bay-and-gable Vancouver Special Arcachon villa Gothic Revival Queen Anne Queenslander Storybook house Victorian...
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level of its ancient traditions." The Château Deganne on the sea front in Arcachon was built in 1853 by Adalbert Deganne. From the exterior, this building...
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Jérôme Niel in supporting roles, concerns a couple of slackers in the Arcachon Bay who decide to break in to a small grocery store at night and operate...
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women in cinema. After being established and running for several years in Arcachon in 1999, the festival took place each October in Bordeaux, in the French...
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and Claude Debussy. Of Jewish descent, Emma married in the Synagogue of Arcachon, aged 17, Parisian banker Sigismond Bardac, by whom she had two children:...
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balloon took off at 18:20 from Paris and landed the next day at 17:00 in Arcachon. Departing from the gas plant of La Villette, Seine (present-day 159 boulevard...
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known simply as La Teste. The commune is located on the south shore of Arcachon Bay (Bassin d'Arcachon) and on the Atlantic coast of France, lying in the...
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d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, covering the area south of the Arcachon Bay. It is located in the Gironde department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine...
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sculptures were on display on the waterfront at Arcachon, France. Menet, Sabine (August 12, 2021). "Arcachon: the shock of the hybrid statues by Bruno Catalano"...
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Saint-Jean is the major hub for regional trains (TER) operated by the SNCF to Arcachon, Limoges, Agen, Périgueux, Langon, Pau, Le Médoc, Angoulême and Bayonne...
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Roland Cazaux France 1987–2002 36 Known as "The Cat"; raped women in Arcachon and Landes, sneakily entering through open windows at night and managing...
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the major cities of Europe to spa towns like Biarritz, Deauville, Vichy, Arcachon and the French Riviera. Their carriages were rigorously divided into first-class...
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paternal grandfather Pierre Michel Bourdain (1905–1932) emigrated from Arcachon to New York following World War I. Bourdain's father spent summers in France...
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2020-04-28. Officials feared the vessel, which was about 44km (27 miles) off Arcachon near Bordeaux in south-western France, could run aground. "Rescuers harness...
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