Etchebar
| Etchebar | |
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  Etchebar | |
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Location within Aquitaine region  Etchebar | |
| Coordinates: 43°04′59″N 0°53′30″W / 43.0831°N 0.8917°WCoordinates: 43°04′59″N 0°53′30″W / 43.0831°N 0.8917°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
| Canton | Tardets-Sorholus |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de Soule-Xiberoa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Nathalie Irigoyen |
| Area1 | 8.23 km2 (3.18 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 64 |
| • Density | 7.8/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64222 / 64470 |
| Elevation |
280–1,025 m (919–3,363 ft) (avg. 274 m or 899 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Etchebar (Basque: Etxebarre) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
It is located in the former province of Soule.
Etchebar served as the place of residence of Nicholai Hel, the main character in Trevanian's novel Shibumi.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Etchebar. |
- ETXEBARRE in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
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