In Biarritz, “we resist the ocean everywhere and by all means,” says the mayor. Maider Arosteguy is confronted on a daily basis with problems linked to rising water levels.
The municipality allocates an increasingly substantial budget to cope with the decline of the coastline. Most of our historical heritage is in the immediate vicinity of the ocean, which makes our city attractive, but also its fragility. Unlike the neighboring town of Bidart, which lets the coast recede in several places.