BASQUE COUNTRY


Meaning of BASQUE COUNTRY in English

French Pays Basque

Cultural region, extreme southwestern France.

It extends from the Anie Peak of the Pyrenees to the coast around Biarritz on the Bay of Biscay . The region has been largely spared the problems associated with Basque separatism in Spain's Basque Country . Fishing and tourism are economic mainstays.

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