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Ciboure

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Intercommunality
  
Sud Pays Basque

Area
  
7.44 km²

Local time
  
Saturday 5:53 PM

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canton
  
Hendaye

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
6,283 (1999)

Arrondissement
  
Bayonne

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Weather
  
11°C, Wind W at 34 km/h, 67% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Fort de Socoa, Plage, Plage de Ciboure

Ciboure (Basque: Ziburu, meaning 'end of bridge') is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.

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Map of Ciboure, France

It lies across the river Nivelle from the harbour of Saint-Jean-de-Luz.

Ciboure is, like its neighbour, a pretty town with many buildings of the traditional Basque style of Lapurdi. The sixteenth century church of St Vincent has an octagonal tower, Basque galleries and a Baroque altarpiece. Adjacent to Ciboure is the Fort of Socoa, a 15th-century fortress built by Louis XIII.

Notable people

Ciboure was the birthplace of:

  • Maurice Ravel
  • Martin de Hoyarçabal
  • Anne Marie Palli
  • Philippe Bergeroo
  • Michel de Sallaberry

    • Ciboure was the residential place of:

  • American Time magazine journalists and authors Charles Wertenbaker and Lael Tucker Wertenbaker, their son Christian and daughter Timberlake Wertenbaker, who grew up in the Basque Country and were educated in France.

    • References

    Ciboure Wikipedia
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