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Residence in Seignosse Océan, France 01
Residence in Seignosse Océan, France. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Residence in Seignosse Océan, France
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BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Seignosse
How work, access and surfing shaped Seignosse.
Scroll to follow the shoreline through time
Seignosse is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Work at the water’s edge
It is possible to go fishing or get a row boat ride.
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ACCESS CHANGES
The shore becomes reachable
This private establishment features 2 800 m2 heated pools, multi-lanes water slides, tubes, tunnel, a kamikaze, a superkamikaze 9 m drop, whirlpools, 25 m pools, a cross-current river, paddling pools and minislides for kids.
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Une école de surf à Seignosse
Une école de surf à Seignosse. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Une école de surf à Seignosse
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1977
Surfing reads the same coast differently
With Biarritz and Hossegor, Seignosse is one of the historic place of birth for surfing in France (head office of the "Fédération Française de Surf" from 1977 to 1984).
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Seignosse is recorded at 43.684° N, 1.434° W. A surf map fixes a name to one stretch of moving water, but the place changes with tide, swell direction, wind and the shape of the seabed.
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Residence in Seignosse Océan, France 01
Residence in Seignosse Océan, France. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Residence in Seignosse Océan, France
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- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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TODAY
Seignosse now
Surfers from all over the world know today the surf spots of Hossegor/Seignosse/Capbreton.
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THE LEDGER
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This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Residence in Seignosse Océan, France 01
AOD.EU.SEIGNOSSE.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Une école de surf à Seignosse
AOD.EU.SEIGNOSSE.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Seignosse overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.