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  2. Kingdom of Navarre - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Navarre - Wikipedia

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    Navarre (/ n ə ˈ v ɑːr / nə-VAR; Spanish: Navarra ⓘ; Basque: Nafarroa), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre, [a] is a landlocked foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Autonomous Community, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and New Aquitaine in France.

  4. Basque Country (greater region) - Wikipedia

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    The territory has an unofficial 'national' team which plays occasional friendlies, but not competitive matches, against conventional national teams. Navarre has its own representative side which convenes rarely. Cycling as a sport is popular in the Basque Country. Miguel Indurain, born in Atarrabia (Navarre), won the Tour de France five times.

  5. List of Navarrese monarchs - Wikipedia

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    During their reign, Navarre was defeated by Ferdinand II of Aragon in 1512, resulting in the loss of all its territory south of the Pyrenees, including the royal capital of Pamplona. Ferdinand, the son of John II and his second wife and thus the half-brother of Catherine's grandmother Eleanor, was then crowned King of Navarre, and that branch ...

  6. List of Navarrese royal consorts - Wikipedia

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    In 1512–13, Upper Navarre, the portion of the Kingdom below the Pyrenees and the independent portion of the Kingdom from which the crown derived, was occupied by Spanish forces under Ferdinand the Catholic, the son of John II, and husband of Germaine de Foix (an heiress of Navarre), driving out the king and queen, John III and Catherine I ...

  7. Government of Navarre - Wikipedia

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    Minister of Territory Planning, Housing, Landscape and Strategic Projects José María Aierdi: GSV: 7 August 2019 Minister of Territorial Cohesion Bernardo Ciriza: PSN–PSOE: 7 August 2019 Minister of Economy and Finance Elma Saiz: PSN–PSOE: 7 August 2019 Minister of Economic and Business Development Mikel Irujo: PNV: 4 February 2021

  8. Charles II of Navarre - Wikipedia

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    Charles was born in Évreux, the son of Philip of Évreux and Joan II of Navarre. [2] His father was first cousin to King Philip VI of France, while his mother, Joan, was the only daughter of Louis X of France.

  9. Lower Navarre - Wikipedia

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    Lower Navarre is a collection of valleys in the foothills of the Pyrenees.The Aldudes valley, around the town of Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry in the south of Lower Navarre, preserves many old traditions, with houses of pink sandstone and contests of Force Basque, the basque traditional strength sports.