Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
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Commune of Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | Ustaritz |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Sud Pays Basque |
| Mayor | Christine Bessonart (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 10 m–227 m (avg. 20 m) |
| Land area¹ | 65 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
4,331 |
| - Density | 67/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 64495/ 64310 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle (Basque Senpere) is a large village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern 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 renown for the "Herri Urrats" celebration in support of the Basque-language schools (ikastola) held in May on a yearly basis at the Lake of Senpere since the early 80s. Tens of thousands of people turn out.
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