changed in the democratization of holidays and mass tourism. The rural past of the town was relegated to memory. During the 1960s and 70s, the pool of prestigious bathing establishments underwent violent storms that damaged them and eventually lead to their demolition in 1977. The pier was consolidated and the building became a community centre. Today the buildings have been renovated and renamed Space Ocean. Urban planning was done without a large-scale organizational plan, torn between two neighbouring communes. It was not until 1972 that the agglomeration created a first instance of intercommunal dialogue and today the urban community of Côte Basque-Adour (CAFB). Heraldry Administration Anglet town is the seat of the canton of Anglet, which covers part of the commune. List of Successive Mayors Inter-communality The town is part of six intercommunal structures: the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque; the public agency for local management; the inter-communal association for management of the Txakurrak centre; the association to support Basque culture; the Joint association for the usage of the Nive; the energy association for Pyrénées-Atlantiques. It is also a member of the Eurocity Basque Bayonne - San Sebastian. Twin towns – sister cities Anglet is twinned with: Ansbach, Germany (1968) Demography In 2017 the commune had 38,929 inhabitants. Economy Once oriented towards agriculture (the town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone designation of Ossau-iraty) and in particular vegetable crops, Anglet now has, thanks to its location within the Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz urban area, a broader economic scope. Anglet is associated with the cities of Bayonne and Biarritz with which it shares the administration of the Biarritz – Anglet – Bayonne Airport. Anglet is included in the control of the Port of Bayonne which also covers the communes of Bayonne and Boucau in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Tarnos in Landes. Among local economic activities there are seaside tourism, Thalassotherapy, sports (surfing and water-slides) and aerospace (Dassault Aviation). The commune also hosts agri-food sector enterprises who are among the top fifty largest in the department: the Bayonnaise Des Viandes (meat production); SAS TDA (production and preserving of meat); Mandion SA (industrial production of fresh bread and pastry); the Société d'abattage du Pays basque (Abattoir Company of Basque Country) (production and preserving of meat); SARL Sonath (production of bakery products). BAB2 is a shopping centre located in Anglet, with a Carrefour hypermarket of 13,000 m2 surrounded by some 90 smaller shops. The Carrefour