Andernos-les-Bains

Andernos-les-Bains
Andernos-les-Bains
Commune
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	Coordinates: 44°44′36″N 1°05′21″W / 44.7433°N 1.0892°WCoordinates: 44°44′36″N 1°05′21″W / 44.7433°N 1.0892°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Arcachon
Canton	Andernos-les-Bains
Intercommunality	Bassin d'Arcachon Nord
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Yves Rosazza
Area 1	20.01 km2 (7.73 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	12,096
• Density	600/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33005 /33510
Elevation	1–30 m (3.3–98.4 ft) ; (avg. 4 m or 13 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Andernos-les-Bains (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dɛʁnɔs le bɛ̃] (listen); Occitan: Endarnòs) is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France.

Andernos-les-Bains is a located on the northeast shore of Arcachon Bay. To its northwest is the town of Arès.

Andernos-les-Bains consists of four other small communities: Taussat, Cassy, Lanton and Audenge. All these villages are characterized by their oyster farms and small fisheries. For many years, the oyster and fishing industry provided the main income to the area. More recently, tourism has become a strong economic factor in the area.

The bay was well known for the Portuguese oyster which died out during 1970-1972 because of gill disease. But a new oyster was found, the "Pacific oyster". Nevertheless, in 1974 the new oyster developed a disease caused by the paint used on fishing boats. An oil tanker spill in 1978 further damaged the oyster industry, which continued to suffer until 1981. The oyster industry suffered substantially around the bay. This was a disaster for whole of France and Europe as the Arcachon oyster is a world famous delicacy.

Since 2000 the oyster industry has been recovering and now nearly 15,000 metric tons are produced per year.

Andernos-les-Bains has a 5.4 kilometres (3.4 miles) long sand beach.

Population[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	3,472	—
1968	4,676	+34.7%
1975	5,119	+9.5%
1982	5,971	+16.6%
1990	7,176	+20.2%
1999	9,256	+29.0%
2008	10,793	+16.6%

Transport[]

The closest airport is Bordeaux-Mérignac, 30 kilometres (19 miles) away.

Sights[]

The Great Dune of Pyla – the longest in Europe
Island of Birds
Cape Ferret light house at the tip of the Arcachon Bay
The prehistoric remains of the Betey

Twin towns – sister cities[]

Andernos-les-Bains is twinned with:^[3]

Largs, Scotland, United Kingdom
Nußloch, Germany
Segorbe, Spain

References[]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
^ "Historique". andernos-largs.com (in French). Comité de jumelage Andernos – Largs. Retrieved 2021-04-21.