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The beach where France measures its wind: Les Coussoules at La Franqui, venue of the Mondial du Vent (next edition 22-26 April 2026), with the Domaine La Franqui glamping opening directly onto the sand and the historic funboarders' campsite Mer Sable Soleil 50 m from the water at Leucate Plage. Four FFVL schools work the spot — CBCM and KitePulsion on the Coussoules itself — and the flat étang spots wait behind the ridge.

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Stay & learn on the spot

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Hotels on the water · 2 LIVE
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Glamping 5*Direct beach accessEco-lodges & jacuzziCar-free estate

Domaine La Franqui

Five-star glamping between lagoon and Coussoules beach: direct access to the kite zone (~300 m), jacuzzi eco-lodges, car-free paths. Ex-Camping La Franqui, now Sandaya.

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To the kite zone
~300 M
Lodging
GLAMPING · JACUZZI LODGES
Car-free
YES
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Campsite50 m from the beachGear boxes & rinseFamily Plus

Camping Mer Sable Soleil

The historic funboarders' camp 50 m from Leucate Plage: 40 equipped caravans, kite storage boxes, rinse stations, weather board, Family Plus label.

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To the beach
50 M
Caravans
40 · EQUIPPED
Gear boxes
YES
Kite schools on the beach · 2 LIVE
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SchoolFFVL · EFKOn the CoussoulesMondial beach

CBCM Kitesurf & Boardsports School

The FFVL/EFK school on the La Franqui sand: championship beach, tramontane nearly daily, camping gates a short walk upwind.

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Beach
COUSSOULES
Label
EFK N°28998
FFVL
YES
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SchoolFFVLState-registeredOn the Coussoules

KitePulsion

FFVL school n°28976 on the Coussoules: championship sand, state registration, the flat étang as backup classroom.

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Beach
COUSSOULES
Registered
STATE
FFVL
YES
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7-day wind forecast

SPOT: PLAGE DES COUSSOULES (LA FRANQUI) · UPDATED DAILY
Plage des Coussoules (La Franqui) · Leucate STATIC · OPEN-METEO · SYNCED 20.07
TODAY
20.07
9KTS · GUST 21
ESE · 12m+
LIGHT
TUE
21.07
13KTS · GUST 20
E · 12m
OK
WED
22.07
10KTS · GUST 16
SE · 12m+
LIGHT
THU
23.07
11KTS · GUST 17
NE · 12m+
LIGHT
FRI
24.07
9KTS · GUST 20
SE · 12m+
LIGHT
SAT
25.07
18KTS · GUST 33
NW · 10m
GO
SUN
26.07
19KTS · GUST 37
WNW · 10m
GO
GO 16–24 kts · OK 12–15 · STRONG 25+ · LIGHT <12 — Open-Meteo data, cached & rewritten nightly by the agent as static HTML.
The Kitesurf Camp verdict This is where French windsports keep their heart rate: a 10 km beach with a world event on it, an étang out back that flattens everything, and — rare for France — beds you can walk from. The campings ARE the kite hotels here; book the mobile homes early for April and summer.

Spot spec sheet

CHECKED NIGHTLY BY THE AGENT · REV 07.20
Wind
Tramontane NW, 300+ days/yr claimedFIRST LAND IT HITS
Zones
8 declared spots: sea (Coussoules) + étang (Le Goulet, La Mine)
Summer zoning
Kite = north of the lifeguard post; swimmers get the village endRESPECT THE SPLIT
Water
Sea chop on 10 km of sand · flat shallow étang spots
Event
Mondial du Vent, 22-26 April 2026
Level
Étang learners → Coussoules speed runs
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