File:Eskiula_eliza_2006-08-02.JPG · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Esquiule
Sign in to saveAlso known as Eskiula
Esquiule (; ; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
OverviewAI-generated
Esquiule is a commune in France, situated in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department within the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It lies in the arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie and the canton of Oloron-Sainte-Marie-Ouest, specifically in the Soule area. The municipality shares borders with Ance Féas, Aramits, Barcus, and Géronce. Its official name is Esquiule, with the native label Eskiula.
The commune covers an area of 28.58 square kilometers and has an elevation of 661 meters above sea level. The population is recorded as 540, comprising 270 males and 267 females, with a demonym of eskiulatar. Local nicknames include bahanka biltzailiak and serora bühürtekariak. The postal code is 64400, and the associated electoral district is the canton of Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1.
Synthesized by Vinony from 36 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Weather now
cached 23h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Esquiule
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 550
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Esquiule
- French commune.native name
- Eskiula
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Eskiula eliza 2006-08-02.JPG
- French commune.caption
- The church of Esquiule
- French commune.arrondissement
- Oloron-Sainte-Marie
- French commune.canton
- Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1
- French commune.INSEE
- 64217
- French commune.postal code
- 64400
- French commune.mayor
- Nathalie Coronas
- French commune.term
- 2026 - present
- French commune.elevation m
- 198
- French commune.elevation min m
- 190
- French commune.elevation max m
- 661
- French commune.area km2
- 28.58
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Esquiule
- Demonym
- eskiulatar
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie
- Population
- 531
- Area
- 28.58
- Elevation
- 319
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Féas
- Image
- Eskiulako herriko etxea.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- Commons category
- Esquiule
- postal code
- 64400
- associated electoral district
- canton of Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1
- male population
- 270
- female population
- 267
- native label
- Eskiula
- P8168
- Harald Schering
- nickname
- serora bühürtekariak
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-59-39-15-12
Sources (4)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- See also
- References
Esquiule (; ; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
It is located in the former province of Béarn. It stands out as an outpost of the Basque area of Soule, the village being historically Basque speaking. It has often played host to the carnivalesque performances known as maskaradak and its inhabitants arranged and performed one traditional theatre piece of Soule (pastorala) under the title Madalena de Jaureguiberry in 2000.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Esquiule” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations