The current order affects all the beaches in the suburb of Anglet, which are the most popular with locals, tourists and surfers.

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The Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne airport is just over a mile southeast of Biarritz centre.

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Police said the Roma had been expelled from a camp in the town of Anglet, to the south, and were prevented from setting up a new camp on an exhibition ground nearer Bordeaux.

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