Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle

Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pe syʁ nivɛl], literally Saint-Pée on Nivelle; Basque: Senpere)[3] is a village and a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.[4] It is part of the traditional Basque province of Labourd.[3]

Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
Senpere
Atalburu
Coat of arms of Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
Location of Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle is located in France
Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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 (20202026) Dominique Idiart[1]
Area
1
65 km2 (25 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
7,102
  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.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 2,422    
1975 2,567+0.83%
1982 3,056+2.52%
1990 3,463+1.58%
1999 4,331+2.52%
2007 5,251+2.44%
2012 5,954+2.54%
2017 6,849+2.84%
Source: INSEE[5]

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. SENPERE, Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia (in Spanish)
  4. INSEE commune file
  5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE



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