Sare
Member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France association, Sare is a pocket-sized Basque village in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques on the Spanish border, backed by the Pyrenean mountains. Its traditional Labourdine farmhouses — some dating partially to the 15th century — define the popular image of the Basque house. The village has prehistoric caves, Bronze Age funerary monuments on its mountain plateaus, and a cross-border history shaped by smuggling, pastoral agreements with neighbouring Spanish communes, and a dramatic mass deportation during the French Revolution in 1794.
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- Population2,330
- Nearest water from center 0.2 km0.1 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 4.5 km2.8 mi
Nearest airports
Nearest train stations
Sare: quick answers
Where is Sare?
Sare is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, about 19 km12 miles in a straight line from Biarritz.
How do you get to Sare?
The nearest airport is Hondarribia (EAS), about 46 min away by road. The nearest train station is Halsou-Larressore, about 27 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Sare?
The warmest month is August, averaging 20°C67°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at 7°C45°F. The wettest month is November, with about 166 mm6.6 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Sare?
OpenStreetMap lists 2 museums, 6 restaurants, 3 cafés and 4 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.