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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 institutions of the French Basque Country before 1789 were largely based — in this territory, which today forms part of the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and borders on Spain — on a social structure built around the Basque house (etxe), and its intergenerational transmission, as well as the management of common lands. This ...
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 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 ...
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.
Events in the year 1881 in Spain. Incumbents ... 1973 in France) [4] References This page was last edited on 22 April 2023, at 15:17 (UTC). Text is available ...
Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spanish: [biˈtoɾja ɣasˈtejθ,-ɣasˈtejs]; Basque: [bitoɾia ɣas̺teis̻]; also historically spelled Vittoria in English) [2] [3] is the seat of government and the capital city of the Basque Country and of the province of Álava in northern Spain.
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]