Where is Navarre today?
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Territory today Today, Navarre is an autonomous community of Spain and Basse-Navarre is part of France’s Pyrénées-Atlantiques département. Other former Navarrese territories belong now to several autonomous communities of Spain: the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, La Rioja, Aragon, and Castile and León.
The Navarre family originally lived in the northern Spanish province of Navarra. The place-name Navarra is derived from the Basque word “nava,” or “naba,” which means “plain near the mountains.”
Is Navarre in the Basque Country?
The Basque country is located in the western Pyrenees, straddling the border between France and Spain on the coast of the Bay of Biscay. It comprises the Autonomous Communities of the Basque Country and Navarre in Spain and the Northern Basque Country in France.
Spanish
Navarre
| Navarre Navarra (Spanish) Nafarroa (Basque) | |
|---|---|
| Official languages | Spanish (Basque is co-official in the Basque-speaking areas) |
| Statute of Autonomy | 16 August 1982 |
| Parliament | Parliament of Navarre |
| Congress seats | 5 (of 350) deputies |
The Story Behind the Kingdom of Navarra. Navarra is an autonomous Spanish community which lies just southwest of the Pyrenees. It borders France to the north, the Basque Country to the west and Aragón to the east. A unique part of Spain, Navarra once used to be its own country, even with its own monarchy.
What do they speak in Navarre?
Both Spanish and Basque (Español and Euskera) are official languages in Navarra. Spanish is more spread than Basque in Navarra, and everybody can speak Spanish in this land, but Basque is also spoken by a wide part of the population specially in the north of Navarra and Pamplona as a native language.
Pamplona
Navarre/Capitals
The autonomous community of Navarra was established by the statute of autonomy of Aug. 10, 1982. The capital is Pamplona. Area 4,011 square miles (10,390 square km).
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What does Navarre mean in French?
Wiktionary. Navarrenoun. An autonomous community in northern Spain, once an independent kingdom of Basque origin. Navarrenoun. A part of the Northern Basque Country (France), often referred to as Basse Navarre in French, to distinguish it from the Navarre belonging to Spain.