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BIARRITZ , a watering-See also:

place of See also:south-western See also:France, in the See also:department of Basses-See also:Pyrenees, on the See also:sea-See also:coast about 5 M. W.S.W. of See also:Bayonne. Pop. (1906) 13,629. From a See also:mere fishing See also:village, with a few See also:hundred inhabitants in the beginning of the 19th See also:century, Biarritz See also:rose rapidly into a place of importance under the patronage of the See also:emperor See also:Napoleon III. and the empress See also:Eugenie, with whom it was a favourite resort. The See also:town is situated on a promontory jutting See also:north-See also:west into the See also:Bay of See also:Biscay and on the coast which extends on each See also:side of it. The See also:beach to the north-See also:east is known as the Grande Plage, that to the south-west as the Cote See also:des See also:Basques. The Grande Plage is more than See also:half a mile See also:long and stretches to the Cap St See also:Martin, on which stands a lighthouse. It is divided into two parts by a small headland once the site of the See also:villa of the empress Eugenie, between which and the See also:main promontory are the two casinos, the See also:principal See also:baths and many luxurious villas and See also:fine hotels. Towards the north-east the promontory of Biarritz ends in a See also:projection known as the Atalaye, crowned by the ruins of a See also:castle and surrounded by rocky islets. Some of these are See also:united to the mainland and to each other by jetties which See also:curve See also:round so as to See also:form the See also:Port de See also:Refuge, a haven available only in See also:fair See also:weather. South-west of the Atalaye lies the Port-Vieux, a sheltered See also:cove now used only as a bathing-place.

The Port des Pecheurs, the principal of the three harbours, is on the south-east side of the Atalaye and is that most used by the fishermen of the town. Apart from unimportant manufactures of pottery, See also:

chocolate, &c., fishing is the only See also:industry; Biarritz depends for its prosperity on the visitors who are attracted by its mild See also:climate and the bathing. The See also:season is almost continuous; in the See also:winter the See also:English, in the summer Russians, Spaniards and See also:French fill the hotels of the town. Among its attractions is a See also:golf See also:club, established in 1888, with a course of 18 holes.

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