Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle | |
Native Name: | Senpere |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).svg |
Arrondissement: | Bayonne |
Canton: | Ustaritz-Vallées de Nive et Nivelle |
Insee: | 64495 |
Postal Code: | 64310 |
Mayor: | Bernard Elhorga[1] |
Term: | 2023 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Pays Basque |
Coordinates: | 43.3575°N -1.5494°W |
Elevation M: | 20 |
Elevation Min M: | 10 |
Elevation Max M: | 227 |
Area Km2: | 65 |
Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ pe syʁ nivɛl/, literally Saint-Pée on Nivelle; Basque: Senpere)[2] is a village and a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.[3] It is part of the traditional Basque province of Labourd.[2]
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. It is located in the Arrondissement of Bayonne.