Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle

Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle Senpere
Atalburu
Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
Location within Aquitaine region Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Bayonne
Canton	Ustaritz
Intercommunality	Sud Pays Basque
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Christine Bessonart
Area1	65 km2 (25 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	5,215
• Density	80/km2 (210/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	64495 / 64310
Elevation	10–227 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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 80s. Tens of thousands of people turn out.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Senpere in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (Spanish)