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Rank Name Population (2018) [1] 1 Bilbao: 345,821 2 Vitoria-Gasteiz: 249,176 3 San Sebastián: 186,665 4 Barakaldo: 100,435 5 Getxo: 78,276 6 Irun: 61,983 7 Portugalete
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 border between France and Spain in Portalet d'Aneu Marker indicating the border between France and Spain, in the towns of Llivia and Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes (Pyrénées-Orientales) The Franco-Spanish border runs for 656.3 kilometres (407.8 mi) between southwestern France and northeastern Spain.
Araba/Álava is a province in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, Spain, that is divided into 51 municipalities. [1] As of the 2023 [update] Spanish census, the province is the 37th largest by population with 336,308 inhabitants [ 2 ] but is the 48th largest by land area spanning 2,967.86 square kilometres (1,145.90 sq mi). [ 3 ]
On the coast, where the largest cities are located, the predominant language is French, for example, in the Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz agglomeration, Basque is spoken by 10% of the population. However, in the rural interior of the Northern Basque Country, Basque is the predominant language, spoken by the majority of the population. [37]
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Municipalities of Spain. 2004. This is a list of lists of the municipalities of Spain.The municipalities list links are listed below, by autonomous community and province.. In 2022, there were a total of 8,131 municipalities in Spain, including the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla*. [1]
The territory formerly known as Navarre now belongs to two nations, Spain and France, depending on whether it lies south or north of the Western Pyrenees. The Basque language is still spoken in most of the provinces. Today, Navarre is an autonomous community of Spain and Basse-Navarre is part of France's Pyrénées-Atlantiques département.