region in southwestern France
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The seven historical provinces usually included in the definition of the greater region of the Basque Country. In the Northern (French) Basque Country, note the historic provinces of Lapurdi (Labourd), Nafarroa Beherea (Lower Navarre), and Zuberoa (Soule). The modern department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, with the French Basque Country in dark green. The French Basque Country (French: Pays basque français; Occitan: País Basc francés; Basque: Frantses Euskal Herria), or Northern Basque Country (French: Pays basque nord; Occitan: País Basc nòrd; 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. Since 1 January 2017, it constitutes the Basque Municipal Community (Basque: Euskal Hirigune Elkargoa; French: Communauté d'Agglomeration du Pays Basque) presided over by Jean-René Etchegaray [fr].
It includes three former historic French provinces in the north-east of the traditional Basque Country totalling 2,967 km (1,146 mi): Lower Navarre (French: Basse-Navarre; Basque: Nafarroa Beherea), until 1789 nominally Kingdom of Navarre, with 1,284 km (496 sq mi); Labourd (Lapurdi), with 800 km (310 sq mi); Soule (Zuberoa), with 785 km (303 sq mi). The population included in the Basque Municipal Community amounts to 309,723 inhabitants distributed in 158 municipalities.
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