Etchebar
Etxebarre | |
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 The town hall of Etchebar | |
 Location of Etchebar | |
Etchebar Etchebar | |
| Coordinates: 43°04′59″N 0°53′30″W / 43.0831°N 0.8917°W / 43.0831; -0.8917 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
| Canton | Montagne Basque |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays Basque |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Claude Recalt1 |
Area 1 | 8.23 km2 (3.18 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)2 | 75 |
| • Density | 9.1/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64222 /64470 |
| Elevation | 280–1,025 m (919–3,363 ft) (avg. 274 m or 899 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Etchebar (French pronunciation: [etʃebaʁ]; Basque: Etxebarre)3 is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
It is located in the former province of Soule.3
Etchebar served as the place of residence of Nicholai Hel, the main character in Trevanian's novel Shibumi.
References
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ETXEBARRE, Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia (in Spanish)