Cambo-les-Bains

Cambo- les- Bains ( in Basque Kanbo ) is a commune with 6577 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Pyrénées- Atlantiques in the Aquitaine region. It is located about 17 km south of Bayonne, about ten kilometers northeast of the Spanish border. Cambo- les- Bains is located in the historic province of Labourd, in the French part of the Basque Country. The municipality belongs to the canton Espelette and Arrondissement Bayonne.

The location in the western foothills of the Pyrenees on the river Nive Cambo- les- Bains is known primarily as a health resort. The remarkable thermal bath was built in the neoclassical style.

On the outskirts, in the direction Larressore, there is Villa Arnaga. It was built 1900-1906 on behalf of the writer Edmond Rostand, author of the verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac. Rostand lived there with his wife, Rose Monde Gérard until shortly before his death in 1918. Nowadays, the Grade II listed building, which also includes an artfully landscaped garden is a museum dedicated to his life and the Basque handicrafts.

Cambo- les- Bains is the place of death of the Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz, the Spanish organist Sebastián Durón and the French politician Georges Bidault.