Saint-Pee-sur-Nivelle
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Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle Senpere |
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 Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
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| Coordinates: 43°21′27″N 1°32′58″W / 43.3575°N 1.5494°WCoordinates: 43°21′27″N 1°32′58″W / 43.3575°N 1.5494°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | Ustaritz |
| Intercommunality | Sud Pays Basque |
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| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Christine Bessonart |
| Area1 | 65 km2 (25 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 5,215 |
| • Density | 80/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64495 / 64310 |
| Elevation | 10–227 m (33–745 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 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-Pée-sur-Nivelle (Basque: Senpere) is a village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
The village is scattered in several neighbourhoods, with a main nucleus located at a crossroads. As its name in French conveys, the village is located on the river Nivelle.
The village is renowned for the "Herri Urrats" festival in support of the Basque-language schools (ikastolak) held in May on a yearly basis at the Lake of Senpere since the early 1980s. Tens of thousands of people turn out.
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