Country France Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques Intercommunality Sud Pays Basque Area 65.08 km² Arrondissement Bayonne | Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Canton Ustaritz Population (2006) 5,215 Local time Wednesday 2:01 AM | |
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Weather 11°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 73% Humidity | ||
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.
Map of 64310 Saint-P%C3%A9e-sur-Nivelle, 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 1980s. Tens of thousands of people turn out.
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