Country France Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 22.49 km² Local time Tuesday 6:32 AM | Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Canton Espelette INSEE/Postal code 64160 / 64250 Population 4,416 (1999) Arrondissement Bayonne | |
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Weather 10°C, Wind SW at 6 km/h, 89% Humidity | ||
Cambo les bains les environs pays basque france
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.
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- Cambo les bains les environs pays basque france
- Map of 64250 Cambo les Bains France
- Cambo les bains
- People
- References
Map of 64250 Cambo-les-Bains, France
Cambo les bains
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 as well as another significant Spanish composer, Sebastián Durón, died there in 1716. The French orientalist Jean Sauvaget died in Cambo in 1950.
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.