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The Dune of Pilat (French: Dune du Pilat [dyn dy pila], official name), [1] also called Grande Dune du Pilat, is the tallest sand dune in Europe. It is located in La Teste-de-Buch in the Arcachon Bay area, France , 60 km (37.2 mi) southwest of Bordeaux along France's Atlantic coastlines.
La Teste-de-Buch proper had a population of 26,269 as of 2020. La Teste-de-Buch is famous for the Dune of Pilat (Dune du Pilat), the highest sand dune in Europe. It is also the site of a fictional battle during the Napoleonic wars depicted in Sharpe's Siege by Bernard Cornwell.
Pilat Regional Natural Park (French: Parc naturel régional du Pilat) is a protected area of mountainous countryside in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. The park spans the departments of Loire and Rhône , and covers a total area of 65,000 hectares (160,000 acres).
On June 6, 1944, the world was forever changed. World War II had already been raging around the globe for four years when the planning for Operation Neptune -- what we now know as "D-Day" -- began ...
D-Day assault map of Normandy and northwest coastal France The naval Battle of La Hogue in 1692 was fought off Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue near Barfleur . The town of Valognes was, until the French Revolution , a provincial social resort for the aristocracy, nicknamed the Versailles of Normandy .
7:30 a.m.: 2nd Ranger Battalion scales 100-foot cliff at Pointe-du-Hoc and later captures German 155mm cannons. 7:35 a.m.: Troops begin landing at Gold Beach. 8 a.m.: Troops begin landing at Juno ...
In the south-west of France, facing the Atlantic Ocean, La Côte d’Argent is part of the Bay of Biscay. It is limited at its north by the Gironde mouth and at its south by the river Adour. Large waves make this a popular surfing destination and create some of the largest sand dunes in Europe, including the Dune of Pilat.
The Dune of Pilat is the tallest dune in Europe. Nouvelle-Aquitaine features a large open coastline along the Atlantic Ocean, extending from the National Nature Reserve of Aiguillon Bay and the estuary of the Sèvre (near Charron) to Bidasoa (south of Hendaye).