Arcachon
Arcachon is a beach resort near Bordeaux in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. It has a fine beach and a mild climate said to be favourable for invalids suffering from pulmonary complaints.
Photo: Mtu33260, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Château Deganne
Public building
Château Deganne is a château in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Photo: MJJR, CC BY 3.0.
Localities in the Area
La Teste-de-Buch
Town
La Teste-de-Buch is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Photo: Spot Image, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arcachon
- Type: Town
- Description: commune in Gironde, France
- Category: commune of France
- Location: Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
- Postal code: 33120
Latitude 44.6539° or 44° 39' 14.2" north | Longitude -1.1756° or 1° 10' 32.1" west |
Population 11,300 | IATA airport code XAC |
United Nations Location Code FR ARC | Name during the French Revolution Commune-Franklin |
Elevation 5 metres (16 feet) | OpenStreetMap ID node 653148752 |
GeoNames ID 3037253 |
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Arcachon
- Akan: Arcachon
- Arabic: Arcachon
- Arabic: آركاشون
- Aragonese: Arcachon
- Aragonese: Arcaishon
- 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: Аркашон
- Chinese: Arcachon
- Chinese: 阿卡雄
- Chinese: 阿尔卡雄
- Corsican: Arcachon
- Croatian: Arcachon
- Czech: Arcachon
- Danish: Arcachon
- Dutch: Arcachon
- Esperanto: Arcachon
- Estonian: Arcachon
- Faroese: Arcachon
- Finnish: Arcachon
- French: Arcachon
- Friulian: Arcachon
- Galician: Arcachon
- German: Arcachon
- Greek: Αρκασόν
- Hebrew: ארקאשון
- Hungarian: Arcachon
- Icelandic: Arcachon
- Ido: Arcachon
- Indonesian: Arcachon
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Arcachon
- Interlingue: Arcachon
- Irish: Arcachon
- Italian: Arcachon
- Jamaican Creole English: Arcachon
- Japanese: アルカション
- Kabyle: Arcachon
- Kalaallisut: Arcachon
- Kazakh: Аркашон
- Kongo: Arcachon
- Latin: Arcachon
- Latvian: Arcachon
- Ligurian: Arcachon
- Limburgan: Arcachon
- Lithuanian: Arcachon
- Lithuanian: Arkašonas
- Low German: Arcachon
- Luxembourgish: Arcachon
- Mainfränkisch: Arcachon
- Malagasy: Arcachon
- Malay: Arcachon
- Min Nan Chinese: Arcachon
- Minangkabau: Arcachon
- Narom: Arcachon
- Neapolitan: Arcachon
- Norwegian: Arcachon
- Norwegian Bokmål: Arcachon
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Arcachon
- Occitan (post 1500): Arcaishon
- Pampanga: Arcachon
- Papiamento: Arcachon
- Persian: آرکاشون
- Persian: ارکاشون
- Picard: Arcachon
- Piemontese: Arcachon
- Polish: Arcachon
- Portuguese: Arcachon
- 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
- Slovak: Arcachon
- Slovenian: Arcachon
- South Azerbaijani: آرکاشون
- Spanish: Arcachon
- Spanish: Arcachón
- Swahili: Arcachon
- Swedish: Arcachon
- Swiss German: Arcachon
- 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
Other Places Named Arcachon
- Arrondissement of ArcachonGironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Basin ArcarchonBay, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- ArcachonSuburb, Haiti
In the Area
Localities
- Les AbatillesSuburb
- Le MoulleauSuburb
- Pyla sur MerVillage, 4½ km southwest
- Bélisaire6 km west
- La HumeNeighborhood, 6 km east
- L'HerbeSuburb, 6 km northwest
Landmarks
- Arcachon Railway StationRailway station
- Golf d'ArcachonGolf course
- Plage des ArbousiersBeach
- Port d'ArcachonPort
- Forêt d'ArcachonForest
- Pointe de l'AiguillonCape
Popular Destinations in Gironde
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