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Briscous (Basque Beskoitze) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. Basque (in Basque: Euskara) is the language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain and the adjoining region of South-Western France. ... Basque Country flag Basque Country Northern Basque Country, French Basque Country or Continental Basque Country (French: Pays Basque, Basque: Iparralde) constitutes the Western part of the French department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. ... Labourd (Lapurdi in Basque; from Latin Lapurdum, Labort in Gascon) is a former French province and part of the present-day Pyrénées Atlantiques département. ... The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Gascon: Pirenèus-Atlantics; Basque: Pirinio-Atlantiarrak or Pirinio-Atlantikoak) is a département in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ...


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  • BESKOITZE in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)


 
Municipalities in Labourd (Lapurdi)
 
Official name in French (name in Basque, if different)		 Coat of Labourd
Ahetze | Ainhoa | Anglet (Angelu) | Arbonne (Arbona)| Arcangues (Arrangoitze)| Ascain (Azkaine) | Bardos (Bardoze) | Bassussarry (Basusarri) | Bayonne (Baiona) | Biarritz (Miarritze) | Bidart (Bidarte) | Biriatou (Biriatu) | Bonloc (Lekuine) | Boucau (Bokale) | Briscous (Beskoitze) | Cambo-les-Bains (Kanbo) | Ciboure (Ziburu) | Espelette (Ezpeleta) | Guéthary (Getaria) | Guiche (Gixune) | Halsou (Haltsu) | Hasparren (Hazparne) | Hendaye (Hendaia) | Itxassou (Itsasu) | Jatxou (Jatsu) | Lahonce (Lehuntze) | Larressore (Larresoro) | Louhossoa (Luhuso) | Macaye(Makea) | Mendionde (Lekorne) | Mouguerre (Mugerre) | Saint-Jean-de-Luz (Donibane Lohizune) | Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle (Senpere) | Saint-Pierre-d'Irube (Hiriburu) | Sare (Sara) | Souraïde (Zuraide) | Urcuit (Urketa) | Urrugne (Urruña) | Urt (Ahurti) | Ustaritz (Uztaritze) | Villefranque (Milafranga)

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BBC NEWS | Europe | 'Eta leaders' arrested in France (276 words)
Their arrests were part of a series made in border villages along the French border where Eta militants have long sought refuge.
The suspects were captured in towns including Saint Pierre d'Irubek, Briscous, Ayherre and Hendaye, Spain's interior ministry said in a statement.
Spanish Interior Minister Jose Antonio Alonso says the raid is hugely important and an example of outstanding collaboration between the two countries.
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