Esquiule

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Esquiule

|native name = Eskiula

|commune status = Commune

|image = Eskiula eliza 2006-08-02.JPG

|caption = The church of Esquiule

|image coat of arms =

|arrondissement = Oloron-Sainte-Marie

|canton = Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1

|INSEE = 64217

|postal code = 64400

|mayor = Maryse Artigau{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=4 May 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality =

|coordinates = {{coord|43.1947|-0.7069|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 198

|elevation min m = 190

|elevation max m = 661

|area km2 = 28.58

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Esquiule ({{IPA|fr|ɛskjul}}; {{langx|eu|Eskiula}})[https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/en/eskiula/ar-27400/ ESKIULA], Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia {{in lang|es}} is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/64217-esquiule INSEE commune file]

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.