Pier
A pier is a raised structure that rises above a body of water and usually juts out from its shore, typically supported by piles or pillars, and provides above-water access to offshore areas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: raised structure in a body of water, typically supported by well-spaced piles or pillars
- Also known as: “beach pier”, “L’Estacade”, and “pier”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapelle Sainte-Thérèse (Capbreton) and Port of Capbreton.
Chapelle Sainte-Thérèse (Capbreton)
Church
Photo: Tangopaso, Public domain.
Chapelle Sainte-Thérèse (Capbreton) is a church, which is situated 550 metres southeast of Pier.
Port of Capbreton
Marina
Photo: Tangopaso, Public domain.
Port of Capbreton is a marina, which is situated 1 km southeast of Pier.
Sporting Casino
Casino
Photo: Jibi44, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sporting Casino is situated 1 km northeast of Pier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soorts-Hossegor and Labenne.
Soorts-Hossegor
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Soorts-Hossegor is a commune in the French department of Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France, 20 km north of Biarritz. The town is on a 3,700-acre plot of land with 4 beaches on 3.5 km of European Atlantic shoreline, and a lake.
Labenne
Village
Labenne is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south-western France. Labenne is situated 7 km south of Pier.
Pier
- Categories: architectural structure, thoroughfare, transport stop, tourism, and breakwater
- Location: Capbreton, Arrondissement of Dax, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.65522° or 43° 39′ 19″ northLongitude
-1.44651° or 1° 26′ 47″ westOpen location code
8CMWMH43+39OpenStreetMap ID
way 124414748OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=breakwaterOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q863454
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Pier” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رصيف بحري”
- Basque: “Kaia”
- Basque: “Ontziraleku”
- Belarusian: “пірс”
- Bulgarian: “Кей”
- Catalan: “embarcador”
- Catalan: “Embarcador”
- Catalan: “moll”
- Chinese: “栈桥”
- Chinese: “碼頭”
- Chinese: “突堤碼頭”
- Czech: “molo”
- Czech: “Molo”
- Czech: “Pier”
- Dutch: “pier”
- Dutch: “Pier”
- Esperanto: “marponto”
- Esperanto: “piero”
- Esperanto: “Piero”
- Estonian: “randumissild”
- Estonian: “sadamasild”
- Finnish: “laituri”
- Finnish: “Laituri”
- French: “embarcadère”
- French: “estacade”
- French: “Estacade”
- French: “jetée”
- Galician: “Embarcadoiro”
- German: “Anleger”
- German: “Pier”
- German: “Seebrücke”
- Greek: “προβλήτα”
- Hebrew: “מזח”
- Icelandic: “Bryggja”
- Ido: “Estakado”
- Inari Sami: “ruggâ”
- Indonesian: “Kade”
- Irish: “caladh”
- Irish: “Caladh”
- Italian: “pontile”
- Italian: “Pontile”
- Japanese: “ピア (建築)”
- Japanese: “ピア”
- Japanese: “桟橋”
- Kazakh: “Пирс”
- Korean: “돌제부두”
- Lithuanian: “Pirsas”
- Macedonian: “пристанишен мост”
- Northern Sami: “gádja”
- Northern Sami: “gája”
- Northern Sami: “kádja”
- Northern Sami: “kája”
- Northern Sami: “ruggu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “pir”
- Norwegian: “Pir”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Gitada”
- Persian: “کوتاهاسکله”
- Polish: “molo”
- Polish: “Molo”
- Polish: “pirs”
- Portuguese: “cais”
- Portuguese: “molhe”
- Portuguese: “píer”
- Portuguese: “Píer”
- Portuguese: “ponte-cais”
- Romanian: “Estacadă”
- Romanian: “pod de coastă”
- Romanian: “pod de mal”
- Russian: “пирс”
- Russian: “Пирс”
- Rusyn: “Моло”
- Scots: “Pier”
- Serbian: “Гат (лучки)”
- Serbian: “Гат”
- Serbo-Croatian: “gat”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gat”
- Skolt Sami: “mostt”
- Slovak: “Mólo”
- Slovenian: “molo”
- Slovenian: “pomol”
- Slovenian: “Pomol”
- Spanish: “embarcadero”
- Spanish: “Embarcadero”
- Swedish: “pir”
- Swedish: “Pir”
- Tagalog: “Piyer”
- Thai: “ท่าน้ำ”
- Turkish: “iskele”
- Turkish: “İskele”
- Turkish: “yanaşlık”
- Ukrainian: “Пірс”
- Urdu: “پن توڑ پشتہ”
- Vlaams: “Piere”
- Welsh: “pier”
- Welsh: “Pier”
- Western Frisian: “pier”
- Western Frisian: “Pier”
- Yue Chinese: “碼頭”
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