Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle

Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃ pe syʁ nivɛl], literally Saint-Pée on Nivelle; Basque: Senpere) is a village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.

Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
Senpere
Commune
Atalburu
Location of Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
Coordinates: 43°21′27″N 1°32′58″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementBayonne
CantonUstaritz-Vallées de Nive et Nivelle
IntercommunalityCA Pays Basque
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Dominique Idiart[1]
Area
1
65 km2 (25 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[2]
7,037
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64495 /64310
Elevation10–227 m (33–745 ft)
(avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The village is scattered in several neighbourhoods, with the 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.

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.


celebrities from Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle : Roxanne Camps (actress, Gucci model)


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