The French Basque Country, or Northern Basque Country (Basque: Iparralde, lit. 'the Northern Region'; French: Pays basque; Spanish: País Vasco francés), is a region lying on the west of the French department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Since 1 January 2017, it constitutes the Basque Municipal Community.
The ikurrina flag is used to represent the people, culture and language of the Basque Country.
Subdivisions[]
The Northern Basque Country includes three former historic French provinces in the north-east of the traditional Basque Country:
- Lower Navarre (French: Basse-Navarre; Basque: Nafarroa Beherea)
- Labourd (Lapurdi)
- Soule (Zuberoa)
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