Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle (, literally Saint Peter on Nivelle; ; )SENPERE, Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia is a village and a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.INSEE commune file It is part of the traditional Basque province of Labourd.
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.
Population
See also Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
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