Biscarrosse (French pronunciation: [biskaʁɔs]; Occitan: Biscarròssa) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

[4] Legend has it that girls deemed promiscuous were forced to stand naked upon a barrel beneath the tree for a day.

One unfortunate, unjustly accused, died of shame, the tree annually producing a corona of blanched leaves in her memory.

Nearby Hourtiquet once hosted an important seaplane base, serving the builder Latécoère and airlines Aéropostale and its successor Air France.

During World War II the base served German military seaplanes; two Dornier 24 flying boats were recovered from the lake in 1980 and 1981.