Pays de Buch

Le Porge is at the north end, with the larger La Teste-de-Buch at the south and Belin-Béliet to the east.

The Pays de Buch is part of the Landes Forest and the landscape is composed principally of maritime pines.

In the humid areas and near bodies of water like the shores of the Eyre River, the pines form a rich substrate for vegetation.

[citation needed] The lands near the ocean are marked by active dunes, fixed in part by people at the end of the nineteenth century.

[citation needed] The Arcachon Bay is, a large gap in the forested plain, offers a great variety of landscapes: salty marches at the bank of Arguin, the Dune of Pyla, and the Isle of Birds.