Arcachon: facts

At a glance

• Country: France
• Region: New Aquitaine
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Population: approximately 12,321
• Coordinates: 44.6613° N, 1.1725° W
• Time zone: Europe/Paris (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Paris: 538 km (334 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD): 41 km (25 mi), straight line
• Bergerac Dordogne-Périgord airport (EGC): 135 km (84 mi), straight line
• Biarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ): 136 km (84 mi), straight line

Nearby

• La Teste-de-Buch: 3.8 km (2.4 mi)
• Gujan-Mestras: 8.7 km (5.4 mi)
• Cestas: 40 km (25 mi)
• Saint-Medard-en-Jalles: 44 km (28 mi)
• Pessac: 46 km (28 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Bordeaux, 51 km (32 mi)