Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Landes department in Aquitaine

Aquitaine

Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes...

 in south-western France

France

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During the 1970s, an artificial lake and a touristic complex were created and named "Port d'Albret ", this complex was built in the territory of Vieux-Boucau and the nearby town Soustons

Soustons

Soustons is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France.Soustons hosts one of the LORAN-C transmitters....

. During summer, the population is between 10,000 and 15,000 inhabitants.

There are three beaches along the Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

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 and one on the lake.

See also

• Communes of the Landes department