{"id":143914,"date":"2025-02-19T17:13:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/basque-cities-the-cities-of-the-basque-country-navarre-and-the-french-basque-country\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T17:13:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:13:49","slug":"basque-cities-the-cities-of-the-basque-country-navarre-and-the-french-basque-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/basque-cities-the-cities-of-the-basque-country-navarre-and-the-french-basque-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Basque cities. The cities of the Basque Country, Navarre and the French Basque Country."},"content":{"rendered":"

Discover the capitals of the Basque territories, get to know the cities of the Basque Country, Navarre and the French Basque Country. Explore the cities of the Basque Country.
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We Basques are known for our culture, history and language, 3 characteristics shared by the territories of the Basque Country (Euskadi), Navarre and the French Basque Country. That is why, in this article we are not only going to talk about the official cities of the Basque Country: Bilbao-Bilbo, Donostia-San Sebastian and Vitoria-Gasteiz, we are also going to talk to you about Pamplona-Iru\u00f1a, Bayonne-Baiona, Maule-Lextarre (Maule\u00f3n-Licharre) and Donibane Garazi (San Juan Pie de Puerto), let’s forget politics, let’s focus on what concerns us, tourism, or what is the same, the culture and history of the Basque people interpreted in all the cities where their language, Basque, is spoken. <\/p>\n

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The name that encompasses all the cities that we are going to mention is Euskal Herria (Basque people in Euskera), a term with which we give name to all the territories in which the culture of our people, the Basque culture, manifests itself. Euskal Herria covers an area of approximately 21,000 square kilometers divided into 7 territories. Do you want to know all the Basque cities? The 7? Attentive because we begin. <\/p>\n

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The 7 Basque cities, the 7 cities of Euskal herria.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Basque cities are currently spread out on both sides of the Pyrenees, divided into different political-administrative territories, Spain and France, or in other words, the Basque Country and Navarre in the south and the Aquitaine region in Iparralde (north in Basque).<\/p>\n

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Bilbao-Bilbo<\/strong>: Capital of Bizkaia. Better known as “El Botxo”, name that owes to its geographical location, between mountains, in a hole, in a botxo. Bilbao is one of the most striking cities of the Basque Country, the city of mines, metal and industry gave way to a new era, leaving behind that gray appearance to transform into a modern, green city, with cultural, historical and modern spaces that revolve around its central axis, the river. This transformation can be perfectly contemplated in the following spaces: <\/p>\n

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