Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle

Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle ; Senpere
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Bayonne
Canton	Ustaritz-Vallées de Nive et Nivelle Ustaritz
Community association	Pays Basque
Coordinates	43 ° 21 ′ N , 1 ° 33 ′ W Coordinates: 43 ° 21 ′ N , 1 ° 33 ′ W
height	10-227 m
surface	65.08 km 2
Residents	6,849 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	105 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	64310
INSEE code	64495
Website	www.saint-pee-sur-nivelle.fr
	; Saint Pierre Church

Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle ( bask. : Senpere) is a French municipality with 6849 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the canton of Ustaritz-Vallées de Nive et Nivelle (until 2015: canton of Ustaritz ).

population

Population development

The population of Saint-Pée stagnated from the beginning of the censuses in the 18th century to around 2500. In the course of the suburbanization in the Bayonne - Anglet - Biarritz agglomeration since the 1960s, the population has more than tripled by 2017.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	2239	2422	2567	3056	3463	4331	5106	6849
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

languages

Bilingual signage in Saint-Pée.

The official language of the municipality is French . Around 80% of the residents of Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle speak or understand Basque as their first language.

geography

Geographical location

Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle is located in the northwestern foothills of the Pyrenees , about 10 kilometers from the Atlantic coast. The municipality borders on Spain in the southwest . It is from the Nivelle traversed. The Lac de Saint-Pée (0.12 km²) lies on the territory of the municipality, about 5 kilometers from the town center .

Neighboring communities

Ahetze and Arcangues in the north
Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Ascain to the west
Sare in the south
Urdax (Spain) and Zugarramurdi (Spain) in the southwest
Ustaritz , Souraïde and Ainhoa in the east

history

The lineage of the Lords of Saint-Pée (or Sempé) can be traced back to the early 11th century. Parts of the castle ruins of the noble family, still visible today, date from the early 15th century. Saint-Pée belonged to the historic Basque province of Lapurdi ( French : Labourd ), which in 1453 came together with other parts of Aquitaine to form the Domaine royal ( crown domain ).

In 1609 the castle became known as the headquarters of the French "witch hunter" Pierre de Lancre (1553–1631). De Lancre is said to have been responsible for the burning of up to 80 alleged wizards and witches in the Basque Country on behalf of Henry IV within just under six months.

During the French Revolution , Saint-Pée was renamed Beaugard . In contrast to many other Basque communities, the inhabitants of Saint-Pée were on the side of the revolution. At the end of the Napoleonic Wars , Saint-Pée was the refuge of Joseph Bonaparte in 1813 , who had been installed as King of Spain by his brother in 1808. Bonaparte was forced to abdicate by his brother while he was still in Saint-Pée and was driven out of the town shortly afterwards by Wellington .

politics

Saint-Pée is regarded as the stronghold of Basque nationalism in France: around 25% of the electorate regularly vote for one of the Basque parties.

coat of arms

The city coat of arms is a four-part shield with three red stakes on a gold background in fields 1 and 4 and three gold cauldrons on an azure blue background in fields 2 and 3 . Today's city arms are based on a coat of arms carried by the noble Saint-Pée family. It comes from the southern Basque Country and came to the region through Pedro Lopez de Amezqueta, who married the last female heir of the original Saint-Pée family in 1372. The current city coat of arms contains elements from the coat of arms of Pedro Lopez's maternal ancestors, the Oñaz-Loyola: the stakes represent the Oñaz family and the kettles represent the Loyola family. In heraldry , the posts are militarily interpreted as a palisade or fortification. The cauldrons represent an abundance of food.

Town twinning

Alsasua (Spain): since 1993
Saint-Pée is a member of the cross-border Eurocité basque Bayonne-San Sebastián , a European economic interest group (EEIG)

Culture and sights

Herri Urrats 2006: The Spanish-Basque band Ken Zazpi

Museums

The local museum Pilotari in the district Donamartia is the Basque national sport Pelota and the manufacture of the invented in Saint-Pée litter basket Xistera dedicated. It opened in 2009.

Buildings

The church of St. Pierre dates from the early 17th century. Today it belongs to the parish of Saint Esprit de la Rhune .

Regular events

Herri Urrats , the annual festival of the Basque school movement Ikastola in May, has been attracting numerous visitors to Lac de Saint-Pée since 1984 . In the last few years the number of participants has reached around 100,000.

Economy and Infrastructure

Saint-Pée is located in the Bayonne catchment area ( aire urbaine de Bayonne) . In 2006, around 72% of the population were counted as part of the working population . Of these, 5.6% were unemployed. Around 75% of the workforce are out- commuters .

The place is one of the ten municipalities that are allowed to grow and sell the Basque pepper Piment d'Espelette under the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) designation of origin .

education

Schools in Saint-Pée include a Catholic and two public primary schools , a Basque-speaking Ikastola, the Catholic secondary school Collège Arretxea and the Lycée Agricole Saint Christophe as a secondary school for a career in agriculture.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the Office de Tourisme

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c Jan Mansvelt Beck: Territory and terror. Conflicting nationalisms in the Basque Country (= Routledge Advances in European Politics. 25). Routledge, London et al. 2005, ISBN 0-415-34814-5 .
↑ Katharine Fedden: The Basque Country. A. & C. Black, London 1921.
↑ Christian Kummer: "Description of the impermanence of evil angels and demons". Pierre de Lancres main work "Tableau de l'inconstance des mauvais ans et demons" from 1612 in the mirror of modern historical research. Inaugural dissertation, University of Vienna 2009, p. 91 ff. ( Digitized ; PDF; 3.1 MB).
^ Guy Ascarat: Armorial des Communes du Pays Basque. Armorial des Communes du Pays Basque ( Memento of April 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Accessed April 1, 2010.
↑ Annuaire des villes jumelées. Accessed March 31, 2010.
^ Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques: Commune: Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle (64495). Accessed April 1, 2010.
↑ Piment d'Espelette - Ezpeletako Biperra of the Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité : Accessed April 1, 2010.

[jan-1] A ^b ^c Jan Mansvelt Beck: Territory and terror. Conflicting nationalisms in the Basque Country (= Routledge Advances in European Politics. 25). Routledge, London et al. 2005, ISBN 0-415-34814-5 .

[2] Katharine Fedden: The Basque Country. A. & C. Black, London 1921.

[3] Christian Kummer: "Description of the impermanence of evil angels and demons". Pierre de Lancres main work "Tableau de l'inconstance des mauvais ans et demons" from 1612 in the mirror of modern historical research. Inaugural dissertation, University of Vienna 2009, p. 91 ff. ( Digitized ; PDF; 3.1 MB).

[4] Guy Ascarat: Armorial des Communes du Pays Basque. Armorial des Communes du Pays Basque ( Memento of April 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Accessed April 1, 2010.

[5] Annuaire des villes jumelées. Accessed March 31, 2010.

[6] Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques: Commune: Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle (64495). Accessed April 1, 2010.

[7] Piment d'Espelette - Ezpeletako Biperra of the Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité : Accessed April 1, 2010.