Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle

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Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle Senpere
Commune
Atalburu
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
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Coordinates: 43°21′27″N 1°32′58″W / 43.3575°N 1.5494°W / 43.3575; -1.5494
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Bayonne
Canton	Ustaritz-Vallées de Nive et Nivelle
Intercommunality	CA Pays Basque
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Bernard Elhorga[1]
Area 1	65 km2 (25 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	7,170
• Density	110/km2 (290/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.

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]

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. It is located in the Arrondissement of Bayonne.

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• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

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