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
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Location of Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle | |
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| Coordinates: 43°21′27″N 1°32′58″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | Ustaritz-Vallées de Nive et Nivelle |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays Basque |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Dominique Idiart[1] |
| Area 1 | 65 km2 (25 sq mi) |
| Population | 7,102 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| 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. | |
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
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 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] | ||
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- SENPERE, Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia (in Spanish)
- INSEE commune file
- Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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