Bayonne is a city and commune and one of the two sub-prefectures of the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France. It is located at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers in the northern part of the cultural region of the Basque Country. Bayonne is alongside Biarritz the seat of the CA Pays Basque. This is also the southern part of Gascony, where the Aquitaine basin joins the beginning of the Pre-Pyrenees.
Together with nearby Anglet, Biarritz, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, and several smaller communes, Bayonne forms an urban area with 304,890 inhabitants at the 2017 census; 51,228 residents lived in the city of Bayonne proper.
The site on the left bank of the Nive and the Adour was probably occupied before ancient times; a fortified enclosure was attested in the 1st century at the time when the Tarbelli occupied the territory. Archaeological studies have confirmed the presence of a Roman castrum, a stronghold in Novempopulania at the end of the 4th century, before the city was populated by the Vascones.
In 1023 Bayonne was the capital of Labourd. In the 12th century, it extended to the confluence and beyond of the Nive River. At that time the first bridge was built over the Adour. The city came under the domination of the English in 1152 through the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine: it became militarily and, above all, commercially important thanks to maritime trade. In 1177 Richard the Lion Heart of England took control of it, separating it from the Viscount of Labourd.
In 1451 the city was taken by the Crown of France after the Hundred Years' War. The loss of trade with the English was followed by the river gradually filling with silt and becoming impassable to ships. As the city developed to the north, its position was weakened compared to earlier times. The district of Saint-Esprit developed initially from settlement by Sephardic Jewish refugees fleeing the Spanish expulsions dictated by the Alhambra Decree. This community brought skill in chocolate making, and Bayonne gained a reputation for chocolate.
The course of the Adour was changed in 1578 by dredging under the direction of Louis de Foix, and the river returned to its former mouth. Bayonne flourished after regaining the maritime trade that it had lost for more than a hundred years. In the 17th century the city was fortified by Vauban, whose works were followed as models of defense for 100 years. In 1814 Bayonne and its surroundings were the scene of fighting between the Napoleonic troops and the Spanish-Anglo-Portuguese coalition led by the Duke of Wellington. It was the last time the city was under siege.
In 1951 the Lacq gas field was discovered in the region; its extracted sulphur and associated oil are shipped from the port of Bayonne. During the second half of the 20th century, many housing estates were built, forming new districts on the periphery. The city developed to form a conurbation with Anglet and Biarritz: this agglomerahttps://paypal.me/Thalixtetion became the heart of a vast Basque-Landes urban area.
In 2014 Bayonne was a commune with more than 45,000 inhabitants, the heart of the urban area of Bayonne and of the Agglomeration Côte Basque-Adour. This includes Anglet and Biarritz. It is an important part of the Basque Bayonne-San Sebastián Eurocity and it plays the role of economic capital of the Adour basin. Modern industry—metallurgy and chemicals—have been established to take advantage of procurement opportunities and sea shipments through the harbour. Business services today represent the largest source of employment. Bayonne is also a cultural capital, a city with strong Basque and Gascon influences, and a rich historical past. Its heritage is expressed in its architecture, the diversity of collections in museums, its gastronomic specialties, and traditional events such as the noted Fêtes de Bayonne.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bayonnais or Bayonnaises.
Biarritz is a city on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the French Basque Country in southwestern France. It is located 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the border with Spain. It is a luxurious seaside tourist destination known for the Hôtel du Palais (originally built for the Empress Eugénie circa 1855), its casinos in front of the sea and its surfing culture.
GPS: 43° 29′ 24″ N, 1° 28′ 48″ W
Credits:
This scenery has been extracted from Google Maps, hence all 3D credits goes to Google.
This scenery has been generated with the Google Earth Decoder tool (credits to /u/Jonahex111):
https://www.reddit.com/r/FS2020Creation/comments/j3faaj/google_earth_decoder_now_userfriendly/
This scenery uses the EDHK Lights & Objects Developers Pack (Asset-Pack) (credits to MrMo)
Addon history:
v1.0: initial release
v1.1: better colorimetry
v1.2: remove unwanted trees on some rocks
v1.3: remove all trees on the coast
v1.4: remove remaining vegetation on dikes
v1.5: fix an hole near the airport
Installation:
Download both thalixte-bayonne.zip and thalixte-biarritz.zip. Extract both thalixte-bayonne and thalixte-biarritz folders into the Community folder.
If you want to donate, you will always be welcome to help me continue with more projects and update the existing ones https://paypal.me/Thalixte.
mh1521
Absolument superbe! Je rêve de la même chose pour Dax et son aérodrome! ... Non! Non! Ça n'est pas un appel du pied!
Euskalfly64
Bonjour,
Superbe réalisation. Vous avez même traité Anglet en plus de Biarritz et Bayonne. 5 étoiles bien méritées. J'imagine que cela représente un énorme boulot mais est-ce qu'un jour il est envisageable d'avoir également toute la côte jusqu'à Hendaye et l'intérieur des terres ? En tout cas, milesker!
okesako
¿Ou se trouve Biarritz.zip? Quand je unzip le fichier, seleument Bayone c'est visible.
Thalixte author
Parce qu'il faut télécharger les deux archives...
2 years ago
Manusand
Limoges, pleeease, votre travail est incroyable et mon don pour Limoges sera bon!!!
Jedi731
Superbe, je rajouterais bien une 5 e étoile si la compatibilité avec la superbe scène de LFBZ d'Alex était parfaite! C'est quasi le cas mais en finale de la 09 un peu avant le rond point il y a une vilaine superposition de texture. Est ce qu'un patch de compatibilité serait possible parce qu'a part ce gros défaut visuel l'intégration a l'air d'être parfaite?
Thalixte author
Merci. Si j'ai le temps (mais c'est compliqué en ce moment)
3 years ago
Socorrista22198
This is top noch work! Perfect level of geometrical details. The color at Bayonne is a little bit blue for my taste but the color at Biarritz is perfect! Thank you very much!
MisterPepe
Bodyflesh
Thalixte author
3 years ago
Patmout17
Thalixte author
3 years ago
TeamFranky
N125AS
Acidlikid
HB37
HB37
Comme dab ta carte et magnifique et je peux me replonger dans mes vacances d’avant Covid.
A titre anecdotique j’ai choppé cette saloperie en Bretagne en février 2020, j’ai été sur la planche à bascule pendant 8 mois et j’ai pu m’évader et me vider la tête grâce à toi, Comolas et les autres.
Encore merci pour tout ce boulot. J’insiste car j’ai été très vexé par les dernières et nouvelles critiques de Zetar dont tu as fait les frais.
Si cela te dit, j’ai un gite en Touraine et il t’est grand ouvert.
Tu pourras poser ton engin soit à Loudun, Sorigny ou Châtellerault.
As-tu des nouvelles de Comolas, je l’ai pisté sur la toile mais aucune nouvelle. Il nous manque. Lui aussi est invité. La fibre arrive.
Bonne journée et merci encore à toi et tous tes amis moddeurs.
Thalixte author
3 years ago
Gas0il
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3 years ago