{"id":16562,"date":"2012-09-18T15:20:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T13:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=16562"},"modified":"2017-10-20T14:17:02","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T12:17:02","slug":"le-pyla-europes-tallest-sand-dune-is-in-south-of-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/le-pyla-europes-tallest-sand-dune-is-in-south-of-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Pyla: Europe&#8217;s Tallest Sand Dune&#8212;Is in South of France!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If someone ever quizzes you about the location of the tallest <strong><em>dune de sable <\/em><\/strong>(sand dune) in Europe, thanks to today&#8217;s French Blog post you will know it: It&#8217;s in the <strong>South of France<\/strong>, not too far from the city of <strong>Bordeaux<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/p>\n<p>Well, sure, you won&#8217;t feel like you&#8217;ve somehow been teletransported to the <strong>Sahara<\/strong>, or to the wilderness of the <strong>Kilimanjaro<\/strong> desert. Yet, the view offered by this sand dune is still very impressive.<\/p>\n<p>People there call it &#8220;<strong><em>La dune du Pyla<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;, (&#8220;<strong>The Dune of Pyla<\/strong>&#8220;), and sometimes spell its name with an &#8220;<strong>i<\/strong>&#8221; and a &#8220;<strong>t<\/strong>&#8221; in the end: &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Pilat<\/strong><\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;<strong>t<\/strong>&#8221; in &#8220;Pila<strong>t<\/strong>&#8220;, as in many French names, is silent.<\/p>\n<p>However, &#8220;Pilat&#8221; (or &#8220;Pyla&#8221;) is technically not &#8220;French&#8221;, per se, as it is originally from\u00a0one of the six main <strong><em>Occitan <\/em><\/strong>dialects known as\u00a0<em><strong>Gascon <\/strong><\/em>(the other five being <em><strong>l<\/strong><strong>e Languedocien<\/strong><\/em><strong>, <em>l&#8217;Auvergnat, le Limousin, le Provin\u00e7al<\/em>,<\/strong> and <strong><em>le Vivaron-Alpin<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>In Gascon, the original word is &#8220;<strong><em>pilhar<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;, which means a &#8220;<strong>heap<\/strong>&#8220;, or a &#8220;<strong>pile<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, <em>le pyla\u00a0<\/em>(or pilat) is just a &#8220;<strong>pile of sand<\/strong>&#8220;!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dune du Pilat | D\u00e9couverte en images\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ua246qvkEo8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The one thing that you&#8217;ll be sure to find visitors of the dune doing all over the place is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>LE PARAPENTE <\/em><\/span>(PARAGLIDING)!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A little bit north to the dune, you can discover <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>le Bassin d&#8217;Arcachon<\/em><\/strong><\/span>, where you will get across the very beautiful towns and villages of\u00a0<strong><em>le Cap Ferret<\/em><\/strong>, <em><strong>Pyla-sur-Mer<\/strong><\/em> (a <strong><em>station baln\u00e9aire<\/em><\/strong>, meaning a <strong>seaside resort<\/strong>), <em><strong>Andernos-les-Bains<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Claouey<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Petit Piquey<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Grand Piquey<\/strong><\/em>&#8212;to mention only these few,\u00a0renown for their\u00a0<em><strong>poissonneries\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(fisheries) and\u00a0<em><strong>fermes d&#8217;<strong>hu\u00eetres<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(oyster farms.)<\/p>\n<p>In the middle of the Bassin d&#8217;Arcachon lies\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>L&#8217;\u00cele aux Oiseaux<\/strong><\/em><\/span>, meaning &#8220;<strong>The Island of 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