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Lège-Cap-Ferret (; ) is a commune in the
Gironde Gironde ( , US usually , ; , ) is the largest department in the southwestern French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Named after the Gironde estuary, a major waterway, its prefecture is Bordeaux. In 2019, it had a population of 1,623,749.
department in
Nouvelle-Aquitaine Nouvelle-Aquitaine () is the largest Regions of France, administrative region in France by area, spanning the west and southwest of Metropolitan France. The region was created in 2014 by the merging of Aquitaine, Limousin, and Poitou-Charentes ...
in southwestern
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. The commune stretches along the length of the Cap Ferret peninsula, from the village of Lège in the north to the point of Cap Ferret in the south.


Population


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International relations

The commune is twinned with: * Sandhausen, Germany, since 1980 *
Úbeda Úbeda () is a municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain located in the Province of Jaén (Spain), province of Jaén, Andalusia. The town lies on the southern ridge of the so-called Loma de Úbeda, a Table (landform), table sandwiched in bet ...
, Spain, since 1983


See also

* Cap Ferret *
Grand Piquey Grand Piquey is a village in the Gironde département, close to Bordeaux and on Arcachon Bay. It is part of the commune Lège-Cap-Ferret. Notable residents *Jean Cocteau liked to stay in hotels in Grand Piquey with Raymond Radiguet Raymond ...
*
Communes of the Gironde department The following is a list of the 534 communes of the Gironde department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Gironde {{Gironde-geo-stub