Larribar-Sorhapuru

Larribar-Sorhapuru is a Basque commune in the Bidouze valley, formed from the merger of two villages in 1841. The population hovers around 250. The architectural transition is now complete -- you're walking through a landscape of white-and-red Basque farmhouses with their characteristic half-timbered facades, red shutters, and asymmetrical rooflines.

The name Larribar may derive from larre (heath/pasture) plus ibar (valley). The commune sits at the boundary between the Bearnais and Basque worlds, with Basque becoming the dominant cultural expression from here to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port.