Arcachon

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Administration
Commune of Arcachon Image:Arcachon20050318Blorg.jpg Arcachon from the sea
Location
Longitude	01° 10' 03" W
Latitude	44° 39' 34" N
Country	France
Région	Aquitaine
Département	Gironde
Arrondissement	Bordeaux
Canton	Arcachon (chief town)
Mayor	Yves Foulon (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	0 m–45 m (avg. 8 m)
Land area¹	7.56 km²
Population² (1999)	11,459
- Density (1999)	1,515/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	33009/ 33120
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
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Arcachon is a commune of the Gironde département, in France.

Arcachon is a popular watering-place, with a fine beach and a mild climate, favourable for invalids suffering from pulmonary complaints, on the Atlantic coast of southwest France, 34 miles southwest of Bordeaux.

Arcachon is known for the "Arcachon villa", which is the architectural style of many of the older houses there. It is a type of Victorian architecture. The Arcachon villa style was criticized for generations, but it is now considered to be charming and deeply human.

Close by on the Bassin d'Arcachon is Europe's largest sand dune, the Dune du Pyla (or Pilat), nearly 3 kilometres long, 500 metres wide reaching 107 metres in height, and moving inland at rate of 5 metres per annum.

The area is served by La Teste De Buch Airport.