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The sea seen of Brescou fort, Cap d'Agde, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon (Nickname: Christophe) |
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Cap d'Agde is the seaside resort of Agde, France, at the north-west of the Mediterranean sea in the département of Hérault in the région of Languedoc-Roussillon.
Cap d'Agde can be reached by taxi from Agde (approx € 20) or by bus routes 273 and 275 (terminating at the Agde train-station and going through Agde) for € 4. Agde can be reached by train, the closest airport is Béziers-Agde airport (15 km) or Montpellier-Fréjorgues (approx 80km). More details can be found here.
* Pronunciation: IPA [kap dagd]; or roughly Cop (rhymes with top) + dogged (one syllable), when spoken in an American accent.
* Population: A total of around 300,000 people during the entire season. In the height of summer, as many as 60,000 people visit the resort at any one time.
* Climate: Mediterranean: mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers.
* Time Zone: GMT+1 (standard); GMT+2 (summer).
* Tourist Season: Mid-May to mid-October.
It is a cape with 14 km of beaches (French: plages; pronounced PLAZH, with the ZH sounding like the S in 'measure'):
* Plage de Rochelongue
* Plage de Richelieu Ouest, Centre, Est
* La Plaguette
* Plage de la Grand Conque
* Plage du Mole
* Plage de la Roquille
* Plage Naturiste, a 2km long nudist beach
Cap d'Agde includes the worlds largest family-style nudist resort Village Naturiste (aka quartier naturiste) at its north end.
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