France
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Nive

The Nive is a French river that flows through the French Basque Country. It is a left tributary of the river . It is 78.9 km long. The river's source in the in Lower Navarre. The river Nive was made famous by the Le petit Nicolas series.
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  • Type: River
  • Description: river in France
  • Also known as: “Cours de la Nive”, “La Nire Rivière”, and “Nive River”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle of Marracq and Stade Jean Dauger.

Castle
Photo: Dvillafruela, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a ruined 18th-century castle in , , . It has been an official Historical Monument since 27 September 1907.

Stadium
Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a multi-purpose stadium in , . It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of Aviron Bayonnais.

Hospital
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Pierre-d’Irube and Bayonne.

Village
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Saint-Pierre-d'Irube is a village and a commune in the department in south-western . It is part of the traditional Basque province of Labourd.

Photo: PierreSelim, CC BY 3.0.
is a town in in the southwest corner of France, part of the Basque region straddling the border with Spain. It's part of the triple township of BAB, Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne, which in 2021 had a population of 309,392, and as a tourist destination it's been overshadowed by the more famous Biarritz.

Town
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is a commune in the department in the region of southwestern France. lies in the traditional province of Labourd of the Northern Basque Country while its inhabitants have traditionally spoken Gascon.

Nive

Latitude
43.47142° or 43° 28′ 17″ north
Longitude
-1.4781° or 1° 28′ 41″ west
Open location code
8CMWFGCC+HQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28338685
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
2990339
Wiki­data ID
Q974519
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Nive” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Nive”
  • Basque: “Errobi”
  • Breton: “Errobi”
  • Catalan: “Errobi”
  • Cebuano: “Nive”
  • Chinese: “尼夫河”
  • Czech: “Nive”
  • Dutch: “Nive”
  • French: “Nive”
  • German: “Nive”
  • Hungarian: “Nive”
  • Interlingua: “Fluvio Nive”
  • Irish: “Nive”
  • Italian: “Nive”
  • Japanese: “ニーヴ川”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nive”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Niva”
  • Polish: “Nive”
  • Russian: “Нив”
  • Serbian: “Nive”
  • Serbian: “Нив”
  • Spanish: “Nive”
  • Welsh: “Afon Errobi”
  • Welsh: “Afon Nive”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Centre de documentation and Museum d’Histoire Naturelle.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Nive”. Photo: A1AA1A, CC BY-SA 4.0.