Etchebar

Etchebar
Etxebarre
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
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementOloron-Sainte-Marie
CantonMontagne Basque
IntercommunalityCA Pays Basque
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Claude Recalt
Area
1
8.23 km2 (3.18 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
74
  Density9.0/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64222 /64470
Elevation280–1,025 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) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.

It is located in the former province of Soule.

Etchebar served as the place of residence of Nicholai Hel, the main character in Trevanian's novel Shibumi.