Sare
Appearance
Sare | |
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Coordinates: 43°18′49″N 1°34′45″W / 43.3136°N 1.5792°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
Arrondissement | Bayonne |
Canton | Espelette |
Intercommunality | Sud Pays Basque |
Government | |
• Mayor (2001–2008) | Jean Aniotzbehere |
Area 1 | 51.34 km2 (19.82 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | 2,314 |
• Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 64504 /64310 |
Elevation | 27–881 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.