Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Gironde
Arrondissement of Arcachon

Arcachon

Arcachon is a beach resort near in the region of Southwestern . It has a fine beach and a mild climate said to be favourable for invalids suffering from pulmonary complaints.
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  • Type: Town with 11,300 residents
  • Description: commune in Gironde, France
  • Also known as: “Arcaishon”
  • Postal codes: 33120 and 33120

Places of Interest

Highlights include Arcachon station and Château Deganne.

Railway station
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is a railway station in Arcachon, , Southwestern . Opened in 1857, it is the western terminus of the Lamothe–Arcachon railway. The train services are operated by the .

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is a château in , , .

Synagogue
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The , also Synagogue Temple Osiris, is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 36 Avenue Gambetta in Arcachon, , in the region of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Teste-de-Buch.

Town
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is a coastal commune in the department in the region in Southwestern . Until 13 June 1994, it was officially known simply as La Teste. is situated 3½ km southeast of Arcachon.

Arcachon

Latitude
44.6616° or 44° 39′ 42″ north
Longitude
-1.17° or 1° 10′ 12″ west
Population
11,300
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Name during the French Revolution
“Commune-Franklin”
IATA airport code
XAC
United Nations Location Code
FR ARC
Open location code
8CPWMR6H+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 653148752
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3037253
Wiki­data ID
Q191460
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Arcachon” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Arcachon”
  • Akan: “Arcachon”
  • Arabic: “آركاشون”
  • Aragonese: “Arcachon”
  • Aragonese: “Arcaishon”
  • Armenian: “Արկաշոն”
  • Arpitan: “Arcachon”
  • Asturian: “Arcachon”
  • Bambara: “Arcachon”
  • Basque: “Arcachon”
  • Basque: “Arcaishon”
  • Bavarian: “Arcachon”
  • Belarusian: “Аркашон”
  • Breton: “Arcaishon”
  • Buginese: “Arcachon”
  • Cajun French: “Arcachon”
  • Catalan: “Arcachon”
  • Catalan: “Arcaishon”
  • Cebuano: “Arcachon”
  • Chechen: “АгӀкашон”
  • Chinese: “Arcachon”
  • Chinese: “阿卡雄”
  • Chinese: “阿尔卡雄”
  • Corsican: “Arcachon”
  • Croatian: “Arcachon”
  • Croatian: “Arcaishon”
  • Czech: “Arcachon”
  • Danish: “Arcachon”
  • Dutch: “Arcachon”
  • Dutch: “Arcaishon”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “آركاشون”
  • Esperanto: “Arcachon”
  • Esperanto: “Arcaishon”
  • Estonian: “Arcachon”
  • Faroese: “Arcachon”
  • Finnish: “Arcachon”
  • French: “Arcachon”
  • French: “Arcaishon”
  • Friulian: “Arcachon”
  • Galician: “Arcachon”
  • German: “Arcachon”
  • German: “Arcaishon”
  • Greek: “Αρκασόν”
  • Hebrew: “ארקאשון”
  • Hungarian: “Arcachon”
  • Icelandic: “Arcachon”
  • Ido: “Arcachon”
  • Indonesian: “Arcachon”
  • Interlingua: “Arcachon”
  • Interlingue: “Arcachon”
  • Irish: “Arcachon”
  • Italian: “Arcachon”
  • Italian: “Arcaishon”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Arcachon”
  • Japanese: “アルカション”
  • Kabyle: “Arcachon”
  • Kalaallisut: “Arcachon”
  • Kazakh: “Аркашон”
  • Kongo: “Arcachon”
  • Korean: “아르카숑”
  • Kurdish: “Arcachon”
  • Kurdish: “Arcaishon”
  • Ladin: “Arcachon”
  • Latin: “Arcassonius”
  • Latvian: “Arcachon”
  • Latvian: “Arcaishon”
  • Ligurian: “Arcachon”
  • Limburgan: “Arcachon”
  • Lithuanian: “Arcachon”
  • Lithuanian: “Arcaishon”
  • Lithuanian: “Arkašonas”
  • Low German: “Arcachon”
  • Low German: “Arcaishon”
  • Luxembourgish: “Arcachon”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Arcachon”
  • Malagasy: “Arcachon”
  • Malay: “Arcachon”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Arcachon”
  • Minangkabau: “Arcachon”
  • Narom: “Arcachon”
  • Neapolitan: “Arcachon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Arcachon”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Arcachon”
  • Norwegian: “Arcachon”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Arcaishon”
  • Pampanga: “Arcachon”
  • Papiamento: “Arcachon”
  • Persian: “آرکاشون”
  • Persian: “ارکاشون”
  • Picard: “Arcachon”
  • Piemontese: “Arcachon”
  • Polish: “Arcachon”
  • Polish: “Arcaishon”
  • Portuguese: “Arcachon”
  • Portuguese: “Arcaishon”
  • Prussian: “Arcachon”
  • Romagnol: “Arcachon”
  • Romanian: “Arcachon”
  • Romansh: “Arcachon”
  • Russian: “Аркашон”
  • Sardinian: “Arcachon”
  • Scots: “Arcachon”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Arcachon”
  • Serbian: “Arcachon”
  • Serbian: “Arkašon”
  • Serbian: “Аркашон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Arcachon”
  • Sicilian: “Arcachon”
  • Silesian: “Arcachon”
  • Slovak: “Arcachon”
  • Slovak: “Arcaishon”
  • Slovenian: “Arcachon”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آرکاشون”
  • Spanish: “Arcachon”
  • Spanish: “Arcachón”
  • Spanish: “Arcaishon”
  • Swahili: “Arcachon”
  • Swedish: “Arcachon”
  • Swedish: “Arcaishon”
  • Swiss German: “Arcachon”
  • Swiss German: “Arcaishon”
  • Tatar: “Аркашон”
  • Turkish: “Arcachon”
  • Ukrainian: “Аркашон”
  • Uzbek: “Arcachon”
  • Venetian: “Arcachon”
  • Vietnamese: “Arcachon”
  • Vlaams: “Arcachon”
  • Volapük: “Arcachon”
  • Walloon: “Arcachon”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Arcachon”
  • Welsh: “Arcachon”
  • Wolof: “Arcachon”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿卡雄”
  • Zulu: “Arcachon”
  • “Arcachon”

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