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La Teste-de-Buch
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commune in Gironde, France
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La Teste-de-Buch is a commune in France, located in the Gironde department within the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It serves as the capital of the canton of la Teste-de-Buch and the Pays de Buch. The municipality has a population of 27,566, comprising 12,385 males and 13,693 females. Its area is 180.2 square kilometers, and it shares borders with Arcachon, Gujan-Mestras, Biscarrosse, and Sanguinet.
The town is twinned with Schwaigern and Chipiona. Its postal codes are 33260 and 33115. Elevation data varies by source, with figures recorded at 5, 7, and 101 meters above sea level. The official name is La Teste-de-Buch, also referred to as La Teste, with the native label La Tèsta de Bug.
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Place details
- Locality
- La Teste-de-Buch
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 27,253
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- La Teste-de-Buch
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Bordeaux
- Population
- 27566
- Area
- 180.2
- Elevation
- 26
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Pays de Buch
- Shares border with
- Lège-Cap-Ferret
- Official website
- www.latestedebuch.fr
- Image
- Arcachon SPOT 1036.jpg
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- Commons category
- La Teste-de-Buch
- twinned administrative body
- Chipiona
- topic's main category
- Category:La Teste-de-Buch
- postal code
- 33115
- native label
- La Tèsta de Bug
- associated electoral district
- canton of la Teste-de-Buch
- male population
- 12385
- female population
- 13693
- P8168
- Eurotas
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-56-22-35-00
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Encyclopedic overview
La Teste-de-Buch ( French pronunciation: [la tɛst də byʃ]; Occitan: La Tèsta (de Bug), [la ˈtɛstə (ðe ˈβyc)]; lit. "La Teste-of-Buch") is a coastal commune in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in Southwestern France. Until 13 June 1994, it was officially known simply as La Teste.
The commune is located on the south shore of Arcachon Bay (Bassin d'Arcachon) and on the Atlantic coast of France, lying in the southwestern part of Gironde, on the departmental border with Landes. It is the eighth-largest commune in metropolitan France in geographical area at 180.20 km (69.58 sq mi). It is the largest and most populated of the four communes that make up the Communauté d'agglomération Bassin d'Arcachon Sud (COBAS), which coincides with the urban unit (agglomeration) of La Teste-de-Buch-Arcachon, population 67,563 (2018). As of 2023, the population of the commune was 27,566.
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