Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023. fr.
  2. https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/en/senpere/ar-104732/ SENPERE
  3. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM64495-saint-pee-sur-nivelle INSEE commune file