# Bègles & Bègles Plage

Bordeaux, France

An open-air swimming lake on Bordeaux's southern edge, born when gravel dug for the ring road filled with groundwater. Since 2004 its free sandy beach has given Bègles, a former cod-drying town, a summer shoreline of its own.

## Roots Earth

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Coordinates: 44.8086, -0.5478

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