Bidarray

Bidarray
Commune
Basque pelota
Bidarray
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Bidarray
Coordinates: 43°16′03″N 1°20′38″W / 43.2675°N 1.3438°W / 43.2675; -1.3438Coordinates: 43°16′03″N 1°20′38″W / 43.2675°N 1.3438°W / 43.2675; -1.3438
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Bayonne
Canton	Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry
Intercommunality	Garazi-Baïgorri
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Bernard Berhouet
Area1	38.20 km2 (14.75 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	633
• Density	17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	64124 /64780
Elevation	61–935 m (200–3,068 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bidarray (Basque: Bidarrai) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.

It is located in the former province of Lower Navarre.

From the riverside where you may practise both Rafting and Canoë, the village spreads onto the top of the hill. Discover the superb Roman bridge, the Noblia bridge which spans the Nive. The legend tells it was built by the Laminak or Sorginak (witches) in one night, that's why the people of the village used to nickname it "the Bridge of Hell".