page_title: Saint-Jean-de-Luz
section_title: Postwar
hierarchical_section_title: Saint-Jean-de-Luz / History / Postwar
caption_attribution_description: Español: San Juan de Luz (Francia) escalinatas de acceso a viviendas de la playa. Français&#160;: Saint-Jean-de-Luz (France) escaliers d'accès aux maisons de plage. English: Saint-Jean-de-Luz (France) staircases of access to housing beach.
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: After 1945, some of the traditional fishing-based industries of the Fargeot district gradually disappeared, mainly by overfishing and competition from elsewhere. The change strengthened the transformation of the town towards more luxury and tourism industries. In Saint-Jean-de-Luz over 40% of dwellings of the town are second homes. 
  In the 1960s, the town expanded northwards (Avenue de l’Ocean) and also southwards in the direction of (the Urdazuri district). Since the 1970s, St Jean de Luz has been connected to Bordeaux to the north and Spain to the south by the motorway, and more recently by the TGV railway. St-Jean-de-Luz boasts extensive and attractive land and scenery, as well as a well-preserved coastline which has so far escaped urbanisation. Indeed, some of the Basque coast has seen a degree of development, but the area between Fort Socoa and the Abbadia nature reserve and castle remains well protected.
  Saint-Jean-de-Luz is a fishing port on the Basque coast and now a famous resort, known for its architecture, sandy bay, the quality of the light and the cuisine. The town is located south of Biarritz, on the right bank of the river Nivelle (French for Urdazuri) opposite to Ciboure. The port lies on the estuary just before the river joins the ocean. The summit of Larrun is about 8 km (5 mi) south-east of the town. The summit can be reached by the Petit train de la Rhune, which starts from the Col de Saint-Ignace, 10.5 km (6.5 mi) east of the town on the D4 road to Sare. It is in the traditional province of Lapurdi of the Basque Country.
caption: Housing beach.
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