Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry
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A baserri in Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry
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 Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry
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| Coordinates: 43°10′02″N 1°20′43″W / 43.1671°N 1.3453°WCoordinates: 43°10′02″N 1°20′43″W / 43.1671°N 1.3453°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry |
| Intercommunality | Garazi-Baïgorri |
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| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Jean-Baptiste Lambert |
| Area1 | 69 km2 (27 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 1,617 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (61/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64477 /64430 |
| Elevation | 146–1,049 m (479–3,442 ft) (avg. 273 m or 896 ft) |
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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. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry (Basque: Baigorri) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France, located at the same time in the former province of Lower Navarre. It borders the municipality of Baztan to the west (Spain, access via the Izpegi Pass).
It is the main access to the Aldudes valley, having nearby the Castle, Echauz Castle, Château d'Etxauz, the river through the place being known as the river Nive des Aldudes.
The town is home to the renowned Day of Navarre (Basque: Nafarroa Eguna), a festival attracting a massive turnout (by thousands) from the Spanish and French side of Navarre in early May intended to strengthen ties between both Navarrese territories and affirming their common Basque identity.
Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry is the chief town of a district; 11 cities and villages ascribed to the French Canton of Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry had some 5,727 inhabitants on some 311 km2. in 2006, with decreasing population, against some 8500 inhabitants on the Westwards nearby Baztan area in some 376 km2., also decreasing population. Eastwards, French area of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, a dowry of King Sancho VII of Navarre, deceased 1234, to his sister Berengaria of Navarre, deceased 1230, the quiet wife and widow of Angevin King Richard I the Lionheart of England, also Duke of Aquitaine and Duke of Gascony, deceased April 1199.
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