Ciboure
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Ciboure ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; Template:Langx,<ref name=AES>ZIBURU, Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia Template:In lang</ref> meaning 'end of bridge') is a commune in the south-western French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.<ref>INSEE commune file</ref>
It lies across the river Nivelle from the harbour of Saint-Jean-de-Luz.
GeographyEdit
Ciboure was formerly known as Sibourne in English language sources.<ref>The English Cyclopædia: A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volumes 3-4 (Bradbury & Evans, 1856)</ref><ref>A Geographical Dictionary, Or Universal Gazetteer: Ancient and Modern (Vol II), by Joseph Emerson Worcester (Flagg and Gould, 1817)</ref>
ClimateEdit
Ciboure has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Ciboure is Template:Cvt. The average annual rainfall is Template:Cvt with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around Template:Cvt, and lowest in January, at around Template:Cvt. The highest temperature ever recorded in Ciboure was Template:Cvt on 30 July 2020; the coldest temperature ever recorded was Template:Cvt on 3 February 1956. Template:Weather box
PopulationEdit
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Notable peopleEdit
- Maurice Ravel, composer
- Martin de Hoyarçabal, mariner
- Anne Marie Palli, golfer
- Philippe Bergeroo, footballer and manager
- Michel de Sallaberry, naval officer
- Charles Wertenbaker, journalist
- Timberlake Wertenbaker, playwright<ref>In 1955 Lael Tucker Wertenbaker and her son Christian were filmed and interviewed by Orson Welles on the Basque Country. Living in Ciboure, Basque, at that time, Lael gives a lively insight to that small town on the northern side of the Pyrenees and basque people and culture. Christian gives some short answers,see: "Around the World with Orson Welles" - Orson Welles on the Basque Country with Lael Tucker Wertenbaker. In 1955, Orson Welles became involved in a BBC series of film documentaries (in black & White), titled "Around the World with Orson Welles".</ref>
- Florentino Goikoetxea, smuggler and resistance operative
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
GalleryEdit
- Ciboure maison natale de Maurice Ravel.jpg
Birthplace of Maurice Ravel in Ciboure
- Puerto, Ciboure, Francia, 2023-01-05, DD 04-06 HDR.jpg
Port of Ciboure
- Ciboure Saint-Vincent 142.jpg
Saint Vincent