Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle

French commune
nomcommune=Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
in Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
région=Aquitaine
département=Pyrénées-Atlantiques
arrondissement=Bayonne
canton=Ustaritz
insee=64495
cp=64310
maire=Christine Bessonart
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Sud Pays Basque
longitude=-1.54944444444
latitude=43.3575
alt moy=20 m
alt mini=10 m
alt maxi=227 m
hectares=6,508
km²=65
sans=4,331
date-sans=1999
dens=67
date-dens=1999

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.

External links

* [http://www.euskomedia.org/euskomedia/SAunamendi?idi=en&op=7&voz=SENPERE%20(1) SENPERE in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)] (in Spanish}