.....and nice beach too at Capbreton* (near Biarritz)
http://www.biscotte.nu/rubrique/news...petition13.htm
You can see why the blue TYR with yellow flashes is so designed:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blason_Capbreton.svg
*in the Landes region - a remarkable large area of dense forest
and where driving through is like a switchback ride because of
the constant upheaval of the highway surface by tree roots.