The Basque Country is a landscape on the Atlantic coast in the border region between Spain and France. The Autonomous Region of the Basque Country in Spain is not identical with the Basque Country in the cultural sense, which also includes the French Basque Country and the Basque-influenced region of Navarre (Nafarroa in Basque), particularly in the north-west.
The French Basque Country (French: Pays Basque, Basque: Iparralde = northern Basque Country) forms the west of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-west France. It is divided into three areas marked in yellow on the map: Labourd (Basque: Lapurdi), Lower Navarre (French: Basse-Navarre, Basque: Nafarroa Beherea) and Soule (French: Pays de Soule, Basque: Zuberoa). The two AOC areas of Béarn and Irouléguy are located here.
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