page_title: Saint-Jean-de-Luz
section_title: End of the nineteenth century
hierarchical_section_title: Saint-Jean-de-Luz / History / End of the nineteenth century
caption_attribution_description: La Maison de l'Infante à St Jean de Luz le 05/04/06 par Harrieta171
context_page_description: Saint-Jean-de-Luz is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
  Saint-Jean-de-Luz is part of the Basque province of Labourd.
context_section_description: To the end of the nineteenth century, Saint-Jean-de-Luz became a popular beachside resort town for the surrounding high-society. Like Biarritz (called "The queen of the beaches, the beach of kings"), Saint-Jean-de-Luz was particularly appreciated by the French and Spanish aristocracy. By the early 1900s, it turned into the scene of Carlist conspiratorial activities. The composer Maurice Ravel, a native of the nearby town of Ciboure, frequently vacationed at Saint-Jean-de-Luz from Paris, where he was centered for almost his entire life.
  Following Marshal Pétain's call for an armistice on the outset of World War II, a coastal fringe of the Basque Country fell in the German occupation area. Before the agreement was enforced, a retreating Polish Army was evacuated from the town in mid June 1940.
caption: Infanta of Spain's House
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