Etchebar

Etchebar Etxebarre
Commune
The town hall of Etchebar
Location of Etchebar
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Coordinates: 43°04′59″N 0°53′30″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton	Montagne Basque
Intercommunality	CA Pays Basque
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claude Recalt[1]
Area ^1	8.23 km^2 (3.18 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	74
• Density	9.0/km^2 (23/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 km^2 (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.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. ETXEBARRE, Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia (in Spanish)