BIARRITZ  , a watering-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-western See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of Basses-See also:

• PYRENEES [Span. Pirineos, Fr. Pyrenees]

Pyrenees, on the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast about 5 M . W.S.W. of See also:

• BAYONNE

Bayonne . Pop . (1906) 13,629 . From a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere fishing See also:

• VILLAGE

village, with a few See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred inhabitants in the beginning of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, Biarritz See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose rapidly into a place of importance under the patronage of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon III. and the empress See also:

• EUGENIE

Eugenie, with whom it was a favourite resort . The See also:

• TOWN

town is situated on a promontory jutting See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west into the See also:

• BAY

Bay of See also:

• BISCAY (Vizcaya)
• BISCAY, BAY OF (Fr. Golfe de Gascogne; Sp. Golfo de Vizcaya)

Biscay and on the coast which extends on each See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of it . The See also:

• BEACH

beach to the north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east is known as the Grande Plage, that to the south-west as the Cote See also:

• DES

des See also:

• BASQUES

Basques . The Grande Plage is more than See also:

• HALF

half a mile See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and stretches to the Cap St See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin, on which stands a lighthouse . It is divided into two parts by a small headland once the site of the See also:

• VILLA

villa of the empress Eugenie, between which and the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main promontory are the two casinos, the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• BATHS

baths and many luxurious villas and See also:

• FINE

fine hotels . Towards the north-east the promontory of Biarritz ends in a See also:

• PROJECTION

projection known as the Atalaye, crowned by the ruins of a See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle and surrounded by rocky islets . Some of these are See also:

• UNITED

united to the mainland and to each other by jetties which See also:

• CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

curve See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round so as to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the See also:

• PORT

Port de See also:

• REFUGE

Refuge, a haven available only in See also:

• FAIR

fair See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather . South-west of the Atalaye lies the Port-Vieux, a sheltered See also:

• COVE

cove now used only as a bathing-place .

The Port des Pecheurs, the principal of the three harbours, is on the south-east side of the Atalaye and is that most used by the fishermen of the town . Apart from unimportant manufactures of pottery, See also:

• CHOCOLATE

chocolate, &c., fishing is the only See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry; Biarritz depends for its prosperity on the visitors who are attracted by its mild See also:

• CLIMATE

climate and the bathing . The See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season is almost continuous; in the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter the See also:

• ENGLISH

English, in the summer Russians, Spaniards and See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French fill the hotels of the town . Among its attractions is a See also:

• GOLF (in its older forms GOFF, GOUFF or GOWFF, the last of which gives the genuine old pronunciation)

golf See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club, established in 1888, with a course of 18 holes .