Esquiule
Eskiula | |
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 The church of Esquiule | |
 Location of Esquiule | |
Esquiule Esquiule | |
| Coordinates: 43°11′41″N 0°42′25″W / 43.1947°N 0.7069°W / 43.1947; -0.7069 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
| Canton | Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2026–32) | Nathalie Coronas1 |
Area 1 | 28.58 km2 (11.03 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)2 | 522 |
| • Density | 18.3/km2 (47.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64217 /64400 |
| Elevation | 190–661 m (623–2,169 ft) (avg. 198 m or 650 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Esquiule (French pronunciation: [ɛskjul]; Basque: Eskiula;3 Occitan: Esquiula) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.4
It is located in the former province of Béarn. It stands out as an outpost of the Basque area of Soule,3 the village being historically Basque speaking. It has often played host to the carnivalesque performances known as maskaradak and its inhabitants arranged and performed one traditional theatre piece of Soule (pastorala) under the title Madalena de Jaureguiberry in 2000.
References
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 5 May 2026.
- "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ESKIULA, Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia (in Spanish)
- INSEE commune file