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Sare

Coordinates: 43°18′49″N 1°34′45″W / 43.3136°N 1.5792°W / 43.3136; -1.5792
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Sare
Coat of arms of Sare
Location of Sare
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Sare is located in France
Sare
Sare
Sare is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Sare
Sare
Coordinates: 43°18′49″N 1°34′45″W / 43.3136°N 1.5792°W / 43.3136; -1.5792
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementBayonne
CantonEspelette
IntercommunalitySud Pays Basque
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Jean Aniotzbehere
Area
1
51.34 km2 (19.82 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
2,314
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64504 /64310
Elevation27–881 m (89–2,890 ft)
(avg. 77 m or 253 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sare is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in the southwestern part of France.

It is about 15 km (9.3 mi) to the east of Saint-Jean-de-Luz and the Atlantic Ocean. It is in the western foothills of the Pyrenees.