Plage des Casernes, A beach in France

Plage des Casernes is a beach at Anglet in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, on the Bay of Biscay coast about 600 km southwest of Paris. The sand runs along the shoreline of this Atlantic resort town, where the climate is mild, with January averages around 4 °C and June around 20 °C.

The name refers to the casernes, the barracks of the military garrison stationed in this part of the Basque coast; the beach lies at the foot of the built-up shoreline of Anglet, north of Biarritz, where the garrison's soldiers were quartered. The sources record only its position on the Bay of Biscay coast of south-western France, about 600 km from Paris, with a mild climate averaging 13 °C and June highs near 20 °C.

The beach lies on the Bay of Biscay coast at Anglet, just north of Biarritz, at coordinates 43.72326, -1.43260. The sand widens noticeably at low tide, so time a visit to the falling tide for the most room. The local climate is mild, averaging 13 °C, with January around 4 °C and June around 20 °C; rain is frequent, about 1,869 mm a year, heaviest in January.