La Teste-de-Buch
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La Teste-de-Buch is a commune, or municipality, located in the Gironde department in southwestern France. It is situated in the Aquitaine region near the Atlantic coast, an area known for its natural resources including forests and oyster beds.
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- Locality
- La Teste-de-Buch
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 27,253
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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.