Cambo-les-Bains

Cambo-les-Bains

Gardens of Arnaga
Cambo-les-Bains

Coordinates: 43°21′32″N 1°24′01″W / 43.3589°N 1.4003°W / 43.3589; -1.4003Coordinates: 43°21′32″N 1°24′01″W / 43.3589°N 1.4003°W / 43.3589; -1.4003
Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Bayonne
Canton Espelette
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Vincent Bru
Area1 22 km2 (8 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 5,814
 • Density 260/km2 (680/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 64160 / 64250
Elevation 0–400 m (0–1,312 ft)
(avg. 45 m or 148 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Cambo-les-Bains (Basque Kanbo) is a town in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France on the south-western bank of the river Nive.

People

In 1900, Edmond Rostand, writer of the play Cyrano de Bergerac, came to Cambo-les-Bains because of his pulmonary disease. He was taken by the area and in time bought some land and had a house built. It was completed in 1906. His house, the Villa Arnaga, is now a heritage site and a museum devoted to Rostand's life and Basque architecture and crafts.

The Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz died in Cambo-les-Bains in 1909. Another significant Spanish composer, Sebastián Durón, died there in 1716.

Mixel Labéguerie, a doctor and key figure in Basque culture and politics after World War II lived in Cambo. He was elected mayor of the town for three terms as of 1965, and most notably he is credited as the father figure of the 1960s Basque musical revival. He was also a founding member of the Basque nationalist movement Enbata. In 1980, his memorial service held in Cambo was attended by 4,000 people.

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