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The French Basque Country (French: Pays basque français; Spanish: País Vasco francés; Occitan: País Basc francés), or Northern Basque Country (Basque: Ipar Euskal Herria, or Iparralde, lit. ' the Northern Region ' ), is a region lying on the west of the French department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques .
The Basque Country (Basque: Euskal Herria; Spanish: País Vasco; French: Pays basque) is the name given to the home of the Basque people. [1] The Basque Country is located in the western Pyrenees, straddling the border between France and Spain on the coast of the Bay of Biscay.
The French Basque Country's lack of self-government within the French state is coupled with the absence of official status for the Basque language in the region. Attempts to introduce bilingualism in local administration have so far met direct refusal from French officials.
The Basques (Basque: Euskaldunak) are an indigenous ethno-linguistic group mainly inhabiting the Basque Country (adjacent areas of Spain and France).Their history is therefore interconnected with Spanish and French history and also with the history of many other past and present countries, particularly in Europe and the Americas, where a large number of their descendants keep attached to their ...
At its greatest extent the Kingdom of Navarre included all the modern Spanish province; the northern slope of the western Pyrenees the Spaniards called the ultra puertos ("country beyond the mountain passes") or French Navarre; the Basque provinces of Spain and France; the Bureba, the valley between the Basque mountains and the Montes de Oca to ...
The communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque (Basque: Euskal Hirigune Elkargoa, "agglomeration community of the Basque Country"), [1] is the agglomeration community (federation of communes), centred on the cities of Bayonne and Biarritz. Also referred to as the French Basque Country, or Northern Basque Country (Basque: Iparralde (lit.
Basque independence is the principle and a movement for autonomy or self government for the Basque Country, independent of the Government of Spain and the Government of France. Constitutional background
Basque Country (autonomous community) (Basque: Euskadi; Spanish: País Vasco, French: Pays Basque), also called Euskadi, is an autonomous community in Spain (shown in pink on the map) Southern Basque Country ( Hego Euskal Herria or Hegoalde ), the Basque provinces in Spain i.e. the autonomous community of the Basque Country plus the Foral ...