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Centre Hélio-Marin de Montalivet: Naturist center

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CHM-Montalivet is the world's first naturist holiday resort located south of Montalivet, in Vendays-Montalivet, France. CHM-Montalivet opened in 1950, and the International Naturist Federation was founded there in 1953.

The centre is 175 hectares of land adjoining the beach to the south of Montalivet-les-Bains, in the commune of Vendays-Montalivet, in the Medoc, part of Aquitaine north of Bordeaux in France. It comprises a mixture of about 1000 privately owned bungalows and caravans, and 960 sites suitable for touring caravans and 260 for camping. There are over 12 km of internal roads laid out in an approximate grid formation. The pitch and bungalows are arranged into 20 villages, each having its own character and characteristics. Families tend to return regularly, usually to the same village.

There are the usual sports facilities: tennis, archery, volleyball, football, three restaurants a shopping centre with 20 shops, a cultural centre with a multilingual library and a theatre that screens films. There are two cybercafés and five commercial WI-FI portals, a mail system and cash points. All this is fronted by a 3km white sand beach, with two supervised swimming points. The site second swimming pool with flumes is a recent innovation.

CHM-Montalivet is family oriented, and access is limited to those having valid FNI or INF identification. 55% of the visitors are non-French.