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Audenge
Audenge (; oc, Audenja) is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France. Geography The town is situated on the Arcachon Bay (''Bassin d'Arcachon''), between Lanton, Biganos and Marcheprime. Population Inhabitants of Audenge are called ''Audengeois''. History Audenge's patron saint is Saint Yves, patron of fishermen. See also *Communes of the Gironde department *Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne Landes de Gascogne Regional Natural Park (French: ''Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne'') is a protected area of pine forest, wetland and oceanic coastline located in the Landes de Gascogne natural region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in sou ... References Communes of Gironde {{Gironde-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Gironde Department
The following is a list of the 535 Communes of France, communes of the Gironde Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020. *Bordeaux Métropole *Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin d'Arcachon Nord *Communauté d'agglomération Bassin d'Arcachon Sud *Communauté d'agglomération du Libournais *Communauté de communes du Bazadais *Communauté de communes de Blaye *Communauté de communes Castillon-Pujols (partly) *Communauté de communes Convergence Garonne *Communauté de communes des Coteaux Bordelais *Communauté de communes du Créonnais *Communauté de communes de l'Estuaire *Communauté de communes du Fronsadais *C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communauté D'agglomération Du Bassin D'Arcachon Nord
Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin d'Arcachon Nord is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunal structure, covering the area north of the Arcachon Bay. It is located in the Gironde departments of France, department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions of France, region, southwestern France. Created in 2003, its seat is in Andernos-les-Bains.CA du Bassin d'Arcachon Nord (N° SIREN : 243301504) BANATIC. Retrieved 9 November 2022. Its area is 594.9 km2. Its population was 69,703 in 2019.Comparateur de territoire [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parc Naturel Régional Des Landes De Gascogne
Landes de Gascogne Regional Natural Park ( French: ''Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne'') is a protected area of pine forest, wetland and oceanic coastline located in the Landes de Gascogne natural region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. History The lands comprising the park were largely unpopulated throughout history. The roughly triangular area of the modern-day park was originally an inland sea which had receded, leaving a mostly infertile depression which did not attract human habitation. Largescale public works helped drain, clear, and reforest the area during the nineteenth century but the transformation was limited. By the mid-twentieth century, government attention had turned to protecting the natural environment. Geography Straddling the departments of Landes and Gironde, ''Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne'' comprises the center of the massive forest of Landes. The park extends southeast from Arcachon Bay in Pays de Buch and enco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of France
The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal arrondi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gironde
Gironde ( US usually, , ; oc, Gironda, ) is the largest department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. Named after the Gironde estuary, a major waterway, its prefecture is Bordeaux. In 2019, it had a population of 1,623,749.Populations légales 2019: 33 Gironde INSEE The famous region is in Gironde. It has six arrondissements, making it one of the departments with the most arrondissement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, and five are overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 332 arrondissements, and these are divided into cantons. The last two levels of government have no autonomy; they are the basis of local organisation of police, fire departments and, sometimes, administration of elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council ( ing. lur.. From 1800 to April 2015, these were called general councils ( ing. lur.. Each council has a president. Their main areas of responsibility include the management of a number of social and welfare allowances, of junior high school () buildings and technical staff, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcachon Bay
Arcachon Basin or alternatively Arcachon Bay ( French: ''Bassin d'Arcachon'') 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. The bay covers an area of at high tide and at low tide. Some of its geological features are natural preservation areas.Nicola Williams, Oliver Berry, Stuart Butler, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Kerry Christiani, Gregor Clark, Emilie Filou, Catherine Le Nevez & Daniel Robinson (2015). Lonely Planet France (Travel Guide) Paperback – 13 Mar 2015 by Lonely Planet. The general shape of the Bassin d'Arcachon is that of an equilateral triangle pointing north, the southwest corner of which is open to the sea, between Cap Ferret and the town of Arcachon (more specifically, one of the suburbs of La Teste-de-Buch, Pyla-sur-Mer), through a narrow channel (Les Passes). On the north shore is the town of Arès, then Andernos-les-Bains on the northeast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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