Location: La Teste-de-Buch 🌎

La Teste-de-Buch (French pronunciation: ​[la tɛst də byʃ]; Occitan: La Tèsta (de Bug) [la ˈtɛstə (ðe ˈβyc)]) is a commune in the Gironde department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Southwestern France.It is located on the south shore of Arcachon Bay, lying in the southwestern part of Gironde. It is the largest of four communes that comprise the Communauté d’agglomération Bassin d’Arcachon Sud (COBAS), which coincides with the urban unit (agglomeration) of La Teste-de-Buch-Arcachon, population 67,563 (2018). It is the eighth-largest commune in metropolitan France in geographical area. La Teste-de-Buch is famous for the 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.