Sare

SARE can also mean Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, a part of the USDA that promotes sustainable agriculture.

Sare
Sare
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Bayonne
Canton	Espelette
Intercommunality	Sud Pays Basque
Mayor	Jean Aniotzbehere (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	27–881 m (89–2,890 ft) (avg. 77 m/253 ft)
Land area1	51.34 km2 (19.82 sq mi)
Population2	2,314  (2006)
- Density	45 /km2 (120 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	64504/ 64310
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 43°18′49″N 1°34′45″W / 43.3136111111°N 1.57916666667°W / 43.3136111111; -1.57916666667

Sare (Basque: Sara) is a village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.

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

The summit of La Rhune, a mountain iconic of the Basque country, is situated approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) to the west of the village. The summit can be reached by the Petit train de la Rhune, which commences from the Col de Saint-Ignace, 3.5 km (2.2 mi) to the west of the village on the D4 road to Saint-Jean-de-Luz.

People

• Alberto Palacio, Spanish engineer
• Wentworth Webster, English collector of Basque folk tales.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
• Devoucoux

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• (Spanish) SARA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)