Esquiule

Esquiule
Esquiule
Location within Aquitaine region Esquiule
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton	Oloron-Sainte-Marie-Ouest
Intercommunality	Piémont Oloronais
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Laurent Chabalgoity
Area1	28.58 km2 (11.03 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	560
• Density	20/km2 (51/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	64217 / 64400
Elevation	190–661 m (623–2,169 ft) (avg. 198 m or 650 ft)
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.

Esquiule (Basque: Eskiula) 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.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

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