Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle

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Coordinates: 43°21′27″N 1°32′58″W / 43.3575, -1.54944444444

Administration
Commune of Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle Atalburu in Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
Location

Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Bayonne
Canton	Ustaritz
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Sud Pays Basque
Mayor	Christine Bessonart (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	10 m–227 m (avg. 20 m)
Land area^¹	65 km²
Population^² (1999)	4,331
- Density	67/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
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.

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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