Ciboure
# Ciboure

Ciboure (French pronunciation: ​; Basque: Ziburu, meaning 'end of bridge') is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.

It lies across the river Nivelle from the harbour of Saint-Jean-de-Luz.

Ciboure is, like its neighbour, a pretty town with many buildings of the traditional Basque style of Lapurdi. The 16th-century church of St Vincent has an octagonal tower, Basque galleries and a Baroque altarpiece. Adjacent to Ciboure is the Fort of Socoa, a 15th-century fortress built by Louis XIII.

## Geography

### Climate

Ciboure has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Ciboure is 14.7 °C (58.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,483.0 mm (58.39 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 21.0 °C (69.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 9.3 °C (48.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Ciboure was 41.9 °C (107.4 °F) on 30 July 2020; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −12.0 °C (10.4 °F) on 3 February 1956.

Climate data for Socoa, Ciboure (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1921−present) :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °C (°F) | 24.6 (76.3) | 26.4 (79.5) | 29.8 (85.6) | 32.5 (90.5) | 35.4 (95.7) | 39.0 (102.2) | 41.9 (107.4) | 40.2 (104.4) | 38.0 (100.4) | 33.2 (91.8) | 29.0 (84.2) | 26.0 (78.8) | 41.9 (107.4) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 12.8 (55.0) | 13.4 (56.1) | 15.4 (59.7) | 16.5 (61.7) | 19.5 (67.1) | 22.0 (71.6) | 24.2 (75.6) | 24.8 (76.6) | 23.4 (74.1) | 20.6 (69.1) | 16.0 (60.8) | 13.4 (56.1) | 18.5 (65.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.3 (48.7) | 9.6 (49.3) | 11.4 (52.5) | 12.6 (54.7) | 15.7 (60.3) | 18.3 (64.9) | 20.5 (68.9) | 21.0 (69.8) | 19.1 (66.4) | 16.6 (61.9) | 12.3 (54.1) | 10.0 (50.0) | 14.7 (58.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) | 5.9 (42.6) | 7.4 (45.3) | 8.6 (47.5) | 11.8 (53.2) | 14.7 (58.5) | 16.8 (62.2) | 17.2 (63.0) | 14.9 (58.8) | 12.6 (54.7) | 8.7 (47.7) | 6.5 (43.7) | 10.9 (51.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.8 (12.6) | −12.0 (10.4) | −7.2 (19.0) | −2.4 (27.7) | 2.6 (36.7) | 4.2 (39.6) | 6.4 (43.5) | 7.2 (45.0) | 2.2 (36.0) | 0.5 (32.9) | −5.6 (21.9) | −8.0 (17.6) | −12.0 (10.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 139.0 (5.47) | 116.9 (4.60) | 110.9 (4.37) | 137.0 (5.39) | 115.1 (4.53) | 86.4 (3.40) | 70.1 (2.76) | 99.6 (3.92) | 118.0 (4.65) | 152.6 (6.01) | 182.0 (7.17) | 155.4 (6.12) | 1,483 (58.39) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 13.4 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 12.2 | 13.1 | 12.5 | 140.4 |
| Source: Météo France ||||||||||||||

## Notable people

Ciboure was the birthplace of:

* Maurice Ravel
* Martin de Hoyarçabal
* Anne Marie Palli
* Philippe Bergeroo
* Michel de Sallaberry

Ciboure was home to:

* American Time magazine journalists and authors Charles Wertenbaker and Lael Tucker Wertenbaker, their son Christian and daughter Timberlake Wertenbaker, who grew up in the Basque Country and were educated in France.
* Florentino Goikoetxea, a Basque smuggler and, during World War II, a guide across the Pyrenees of Allied airmen shot down in occupied Europe and attempting to escape to neutral Spain. Florentino received the George Medal from Great Britain and the Legion of Honor from France.
