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Water Body Attractions In Nouvelle-Aquitaine

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Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the largest administrative region in France, located in the southwest of the country. The region was created by the territorial reform of French Regions in 2014 through the merger of three regions: Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charentes. It covers 84,061 km2 – or ​1⁄8 of the country – and has approximately 5,800,000 inhabitants. . The new region was established on 1 January 2016, following the regional elections in December 2015.It is the largest region in France by area, with a territory slightly larger than that of Austria; even French Guiana is smaller. Its largest city, Bordeaux, together with its suburbs and satelli...
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  • 4. L'Adour Bayonne
    The University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour was founded in 1972. It is a multi-site establishment, based in Pau but also in Bayonne, Tarbes and Mont-de-Marsan in the Adour river basin. Coming administratively under the Academy of Bordeaux, it is the third largest university in southwestern France , with some 12,000 students. The University's logo is a stylised representation of the Pyrénées or the Pic du Midi d'Ossau, the blue triangle being the Atlantic ocean. The colors used are those of the university's graphic charter.
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  • 7. Bassin d'Arcachon Arcachon
    Arcachon Bay is a bay of the Atlantic Ocean on the southwest coast of France, situated in Pays de Buch between the Côte d'Argent and the Côte des Landes, in the region of Aquitaine. The bay covers an area of 150 km² at high tide and 40 km² at low tide. Some of its geological features are natural preservation areas.The general shape of the Bassin d'Arcachon is that of an equilateral triangle pointing north, the southwest corner of which is open to the sea, between Cap Ferret and the town of Arcachon , through a 3 km narrow channel . On the north shore is the town of Arès, then Andernos-les-Bains on the northeast. Just south of the entrance is The Great Dune of Pyla. Nearly in the middle of the bay is a very particular island: L'île aux Oiseaux .
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  • 9. Uhabia Bidart
    The Uhabia or Ouhabia is a coastal river of the French Basque Country, in Aquitaine, Southwest France.
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  • 10. Lac d'Hourtin-Carcans Maubuisson
    Lac d'Hourtin-Carcans is a lake in the Médoc region of France, located in the département of Gironde. It is one of the largest lakes in France, and the largest freshwater lake, by surface area, situated entirely in France. It lies at an elevation of 14 m , and has a surface area of 56.67 km² . In winter, its size is exceeded by Lac de Grand-Lieu in the Loire-Atlantique which expands to cover 62.92 km² but shrinks to 35 km² in summer.
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  • 14. Lac de Vassiviere Auphelle
    This article has been expanded with material from the corresponding page in French WikipediaThe lac de Vassivière or Vassivière Lake , one of France's largest artificial lakes, is a large man-made reservoir of about 10 square kilometres . It is situated on the Plateau de Millevaches in the départements of Creuse and Haute-Vienne. It is the largest area of water in the Limousin region of France and provides water supplies, hydroelectricity, and leisure facilities.
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