Basin Arcarchon
Arcachon Basin or alternatively 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in France
- Also known as: “Arcachon Bay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vestiges gallo-romains d’Andernos-les-Bains and Villa Ignota.
Vestiges gallo-romains d’Andernos-les-Bains
Archaeological site
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Vestiges gallo-romains d’Andernos-les-Bains is an archaeological site.
Église Saint-Éloi d’Andernos-les-Bains
Church
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Église Saint-Éloi d’Andernos-les-Bains is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Andernos-les-Bains and Arès.
Andernos-les-Bains
Town
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Andernos-les-Bains is a commune in the Gironde department, southwestern France. Andernos-les-Bains is located on the northeast shore of Arcachon Bay. To its northwest is the town of Arès. Andernos-les-Bains is situated 2½ km northeast of Basin Arcarchon.
Arès
Village
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Arès is a commune in the department of Gironde, in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Arès is situated 4 km north of Basin Arcarchon.
Lège-Cap-Ferret
Village
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Lège-Cap-Ferret is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The commune stretches along the length of the Cap Ferret peninsula, from the village of Lège in the north to the point of Cap Ferret in the south. Lège-Cap-Ferret is situated 7 km north of Basin Arcarchon.
Basin Arcarchon
- Category: body of water
- Location: La Teste-de-Buch, Arrondissement of Arcachon, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Basin Arcarchon” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Bassin d’Arcachon”
- Basque: “Arcachongo badia”
- Breton: “Loc’h Arcaishon”
- Catalan: “conca d’Arcaishon”
- Catalan: “Conca d’Arcaishon”
- Cebuano: “Bassin d’Arcachon”
- Chinese: “阿卡雄湾”
- Chinese: “阿卡雄灣”
- Dutch: “Baai van Arcachon”
- Dutch: “Bassin d’Arcachon”
- Esperanto: “Golfo de Arcachon”
- French: “bassin d’Arcachon”
- French: “Bassin d’Arcachon”
- German: “Bassin d’Arcachon”
- German: “Bucht von Arcachon”
- Italian: “Bacino d’Arcachon”
- Italian: “Bacino di Arcachon”
- Polish: “Arcachon”
- Russian: “Аркашон (залив)”
- Russian: “Аркашон”
- Russian: “Аркашонская лагуна”
- Russian: “Аркашонский залив”
- Russian: “Залив Аркашон”
- Russian: “Лагуна Аркашон”
- Spanish: “Bahia de arcachon”
- Spanish: “Bahia de Arcachon”
- Spanish: “Bahia de arcachón”
- Spanish: “Bahia de Arcachón”
- Spanish: “Bahía de arcachon”
- Spanish: “Bahía de Arcachon”
- Spanish: “Bahía de arcachón”
- Spanish: “Bahía de Arcachón”
- Spanish: “Cuenca de Arcachon”
- Spanish: “Cuenca de Arcachón”
- Venetian: “Baja de Arcachón”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Arès and Mauret.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pointe des Quinconces and Bois de la Montagne d’Arès.
Gironde: Must-Visit Destinations
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