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Labourd (Lapurdi in Basque; from Latin Lapurdum, Labord in Gascon) is a former French province and part of the present-day Pyrénées Atlantiques département. It was historically one of the seven provinces of the traditional Basque Country. Image File history File links Armoiries_Labourd. ...
Image File history File links Armoiries_Labourd. ...
Basque (native name: 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. ...
Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ...
The Kingdom of France was organized into provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the département system superseded provinces. ...
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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Labourd extends from the Pyrenees to the river Adour, along the Atlantic Ocean. To the south is Gipuzkoa and Navarre in modern Spain, to the east is Basse-Navarre, to the north are the Landes. It has an area of almost 900 km² and a population of over 200,000, the most populous of the three French Basque provinces. Over 25% of the inhabitants speak Basque. Labourd has also long had a Gascon-speaking tradition, noticeably next to the banks of the river Adour but also more diffusedly throughout the whole viscounty. Central Pyrenees. ...
The Adour (Basque: Adur) is a river in southwestern France, rising in High-Bigorre (Pyrenees) and flowing into the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay) . It is 335 km long. ...
Guipúzcoa province Guipúzcoa (Basque Gipuzkoa, Spanish Guipúzcoa, in English sometimes as Guipuscoa) is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ...
Capital Pamplona (Basque: Iruña) Official language(s) Spanish; Basque co-official in the north of community. ...
The Basque Country of France and Spain. ...
Landes is a département in southern France. ...
The main town of Labourd is Bayonne, although the capital, where local Basque leaders assembled, is Ustaritz, 13 km away. Other important towns are Biarritz, Hendaye, Hasparren, Ciboure and Saint-Jean-de-Luz. The area is famous for the five-day Fêtes de Bayonne and the red peppers of Espelette. Many tourists come to the coast, especially at Biarritz, and the hills and mountains of the interior for walking and agri-tourism. La Rhune (Larrun in Basque), a 900m high hill, lies south of Saint-Jean-de-Luz on the border with Spain. The hill is a Basque symbol, with spectacular views from its peak. Bayonne (French: Bayonne, pronounced ; Gascon Occitan and Basque: Baiona) is a city and commune of southwest France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, of which it is a sous-préfecture. ...
Uztaritze is a small village in the province of Labourd, in the South part of France. ...
Tourist Office Hotel du Palais or Eugenie Palace La Grande Plage, the towns largest beach Biarritz is a town and commune which lies on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast, in southwestern France. ...
Hendaye (Basque Hendaia) is the most southwesterly town in France. ...
Hasparren (Basque Hazparne) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Ciboure is a commune of France, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, across the harbour from Saint_Jean_de_Luz. ...
Saint-Jean-de-Luz (Basque Donibane Lohitzun) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in France. ...
The fêtes de Bayonne are a series of festivals in the Basque town of Bayonne, France, starting the first Wednesday of August. ...
Traditional Espelette house with peppers drying on the walls Piments dEspelette - Espelette peppers Espelette (Basque: Ezpeleta) is a commune and small village in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département (64), Aquitaine, in south west France, formerly in the traditional Basque province of Labourd. ...
La Rhune (Basque: Larrun - pastureland) is a mountain (892m) at the western end of the Pyrenees. ...
Ainhoa village houses showing some aspects of traditional Basque architecture The traditional buildings of Labourd have a low roof, half-timbered features, stone lintels and painted in red, white and green. The house of Edmond Rostand, Villa Arnaga at Cambo-les-Bains, is such a house and is now a museum dedicated to the author of Cyrano de Bergerac and to Basque traditions. Image File history File linksMetadata IMG_1515. ...
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Ainhoa (Basque: Ainhoa) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, in the Aquitaine région, in southwestern France with a population (1999) of 599. ...
Statue dedicated to Edmond Rostand in Cambo-les-Bains Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (April 1, 1868 - December 2, 1918), French poet and dramatist. ...
Cambo-les-Bains (Basque Kanbo) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Cyrano de Bergerac is a play by Edmond Rostand based on the life of the real Cyrano de Bergerac. ...
Lapurdian (Lapurtera) is a dialect of the Basque language spoken in the region. Basque Country Lapurdian is a dialect of the Basque language spoken in the Labourd (Basque: Lapurdi) region of the Basque Country in France. ...
A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκÏοÏ, dialektos) is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area. ...
Basque (native name: 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. ...
History Ancient Labourd was inhabited by the Tarbelas, an Aquitanian tribe. They had the port of Lapurdum, that eventually would become modern Bayonne, an give its name to the region. The Tarbelas in relation with other tribes and modern Basque Country The Tarbelas were a tribe recorded by Strabo and other Roman geographers that inhabited Labourd and the lands around it. ...
The Aquitanii (Latin for Aquitanians) were a people of horsemen living in what is now SW France, between the Pyrenees and the Garonne. ...
Bayonne (French: Bayonne, pronounced ; Gascon Occitan and Basque: Baiona) is a city and commune of southwest France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, of which it is a sous-préfecture. ...
In the Middle Ages it formed part of the Duchy of Vasconia or Wasconia, that eventually came to be called Gascony. In the year 844 Viking raiders conquered Bayonne, where they estabilished a base for their incursions. They were only expelled in 986, leaving a legacy of naval expertise in Labourd and all the coastal Basque Country. Gascony (French: Gascogne, pronounced ; Gascon: Gasconha, pronounced ) is an area of southwest France that constituted a royal province prior to the French Revolution. ...
Map of the historical and cultural area of Gascony. ...
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The term Viking commonly denotes the ship-borne explorers, traders, and warriors of the Norsemen who originated in Scandinavia and raided the coasts of the British Isles, France and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century. ...
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In 1020 Duke Sancho VI ceded the jurisdiction over Labourd and what came to be known as Lower Navarre, to King Sancho III the Great of Pamplona. This monarch made it officially a Viscounty in 1023, naming as Viscount certain Lupo Sancho, a relative of the Duke of Gascony. This territory included all modern Labourd and possibly some parts of modern Navarre north of the Bidasoa river. Events Hospice built in Jerusalem by Knights Hospitaller City of Saint-Germain-en-Laye founded Third Italian campaign of Henry II of Germany Canute the Great codifies the laws of England Births Harold II of England (approximate) Empress Agnes of Poitou, regent of the Holy Roman Empire (d. ...
Sancho VI William (Basque: Antso Gilen, French: Sanche Guillaume, Gascon: Sans Guilhem, Spanish: Sancho Guillén; died 4 October 1032) was the Duke of Gascony from 1009 to his death. ...
Basse-Navarre (Nafarroa Beherea in Basque) is a former French province, part of the present day Pyrénées Atlantiques département. ...
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A viscount is a member of the European nobility whose comital title ranks usually, as in the British peerage, above a baron, below an earl (in Britain) or a count (his continental equivalent). ...
Capital Pamplona (Basque: Iruña) Official language(s) Spanish; Basque co-official in the north of community. ...
The Bidasoa (French: Bidassoa) is a river in the Basque country of northern Spain. ...
C. 1125, Bayonne was chartered by Duke William IX of Aquitaine. In 1130-31, King Alfonso the Battler of Aragon and Navarre attacked Bayonne over a dispute on jurisdictions with the Duke of Aquitaine, William X the Saint. William IX of Aquitaine (October 22, 1071 â February 10, 1126, also Guillaume or Guilhem dAquitaine), nicknamed the Troubador was Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitiers as William VII of Poitiers between 1086 and 1126. ...
Alfonso I of Aragon the Battler (circa 1073-1134, king of Aragon and Navarre 1104-1134). ...
The persons who held the title of Duke of Aquitaine (French: Duc dAquitaine}, which became part of France in 1449 but was an independent duchy before that date, with the years they held it, were: // Kings and Dukes of Aquitaine Edward III claimed the title of King of France...
William X of Aquitaine (1099 â April 9, 1137), nicknamed the Saint was Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitiers as William VIII of Poitiers between 1126 and 1137. ...
Labourd was ruled directly, between 1169 and 1199, by Richard Lionheart, who gave a second charter to Bayonne c. 1774 and, c. 1775, gave to the merchants of this city the return of the duties they paid in the tolls of Poitou, Aquitaine and Gascony. This caused an uprising of Gascons and Basques (including Labourtines from outside Bayonne) but Richard defeated all the cities that had sublevated. Events Nur ad-Din invades Egypt, and his nephew Saladin becomes the sultan over the territory conquered by Nur ad-Din. ...
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Richard I (8 September 1157 â 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 to 1199. ...
Richard married Navarrese princess Berenguela in 1191, what favored the trade between Navarre and Bayonne (and England). This marriage also induced a juridisctional transaction that shaped the borders of the Northern Basque Country: Lower Navarre was definitively annexed to Navarre, while Labourd and Soule remained as parts of Angevine Aquitaine. This pact was formalized in 1193 in form of the sale of their rights by the legitimate viscounts of Labourd, who had estabilished their seat in Ustaritz. Ustaritz was since then the capital of Labourd, instead of Bayonne, until the suppression of the province in 1798. 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. ...
Uztaritze is a small village in the province of Labourd, in the South part of France. ...
1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
John I of England, gave to Bayonne the Municipal Law, that created the figures of mayor, 12 jurors, 12 counsilors and 75 advisors. John of England depicted in Cassells History of England (1902) John (French: Jean) (December 24, 1166/67–October 18/19, 1216) reigned as King of England from 1199 to 1216. ...
A mayor (from the Latin mÄior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ...
For jury meaning makeshift, see jury rig. ...
Labourd passed to French hands in 1451, just before the end of the Hundred Years' War. Since then and until the French Revolution, Labourd was largely self-ruled as an autonomous French province. // Events February 3 - Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II. April 11 - Celje acquires market-town status and town rights by orders from the Celje count Frederic II. June 30 - French troops under the Comte de Dunois invade Guyenne and capture...
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The French Revolution (1789â1799) was a vital period in the history of France and Europe as a whole. ...
The Kingdom of France was organized into provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the département system superseded provinces. ...
In 1610, Labourd suffered a major witch-hunt at the hands of judge Pierre de Lancre, that ended with some 70 supposed sorginak burnt at the stake. // Events January 7 - Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter. ...
A witch-hunt is a search for suspected witches; it is a type of moral panic. ...
Pierre de Lancre was the French judge of Bordeaux that conducted a massive witch-hunt in Labourd in 1609. ...
Sorginak (singular sorgin) are the assistants of the goddess Mari in Basque mythology They are likened to witches or pagan priestesses. ...
In 1798, the newly born French Republic, with its centralizing Jacobin ideals, suppressed the historical Basque provinces, including Labourd, incorporating them into the newly created département of Pyrenees Atlantiques, together with Bearn. In the context of the French Revolution, a Jacobin originally meant a member of the Jacobin Club (1789-1794). ...
Pyrénées-Atlantiques is a département in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. ...
B arn is a former province of France, located at the base of the Pyr es. ...
In the last decades there have been repeated petitions asking for the spearation from Bearn and the creation of a Basque département, together with the other two historical Basque provinces of Lower Navarre and Soule. Though these petitions have almost universal support inside Labourd and the rest of the Pays Basque, they have been ignored by successive French governments [1]. Mauléon, capital of Soule Soule (Zuberoa, Xiberu or Xüberoa in Basque, Sola in Gascon) is a former French province and part of the present day Pyrénées Atlantiques département. ...
Mariner activities
Basque fisheries in Canada (click to enlarge) Labourd, like the other coastal territories of the Basque Country, played an important role in early European exploitation of the Atlantic Ocean. Image File history File links Basques_Newfoundland. ...
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The earliest document (a bill) that mentions Basque whaling dates from 670, long before Viking raids. In 1059, Labourdin whalers already gave to the viscount the oil of the first captured animal. It seems that Basques disliked the taste of whales but made good business selling their meat and oil to the French, Castilian and Flemish. Basque whalers used for this activity the longboats known as traineras, that only allowed whaling near the coast or based in a larger ship. Events On the death of his brother Clotaire, Childeric II becomes king of all of the Frankish kingdoms -- Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy. ...
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The crew of the oceanographic research vessel Princesse Alice, of Albert Grimaldi (later Prince Albert I of Monaco) pose while flensing a catch. ...
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It seems that was this industry, along with cod-fishing, what brought Basque sailors to the North Sea and eventually to Newfoundland. The date most frequently mentioned for their arrival is 1372. Other sources document Basque fishermen in Iceland in 1412. Events In this year, the city of Aachen, Germany begins adding a Roman numeral Anno Domini date to a few of its coins. ...
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The development of rudder in Europe seems also a Basque and specifically Labourdine developement. Three masted ships appear in a fresco of Estella (Navarre), dating to the 12th century, seals preserved in the Navarrese and Parisian historical archives also show similar ships. Rudder itself is first mentioned as steer "a la Navarraise" or "a la Bayonaise". The worlds oldest depiction of a rudder. ...
Fresco by Dionisius representing Saint Nicholas. ...
Estella can refer to: Estella, a character in Charles Dickens Great Expectations Estella, Spain Estella, Wisconsin This is a disambiguation page â a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
(11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ...
After Navarre lost St. Sebastian and Hondarribia to Castile in 1200, it signed a treaty with Bayonne that made it the "port of Navarre" for nearly three centuries. Role that extended also into the Early Modern Age, after Navarre had been annexed by Castile (but both provinces remained autonomous). Location Location of Donostia-San Sebastian in Spain Coordinates : 43º 19 17 w. ...
Hondarribia (sand river in Basque, formerly known by its Spanish adaptation FuenterrabÃa) is a town situated on the east shore of Bidasoa Rivers mouth, in Gipuzkoa, Basque Country. ...
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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. ...
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Basque (native name: 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. ...
References - Urzainqui, Tomás, and Olaizola, Juan M. de, La Navarra marítima. Pamiela, 1998. ISBN 84-781-293-0.
Basque (native name: 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. ...
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Ahetze is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Ainhoa (Basque: Ainhoa) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, in the Aquitaine région, in southwestern France with a population (1999) of 599. ...
Anglet is a French commune situated in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and the Aquitaine region. ...
Arbonne (Basque: Arbona) is a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, in southwestern France. ...
Arcangues (Basque: Arrangoitze) is a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, in southwestern France. ...
Ascain (Basque Azkaine) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Bardos (Basque Bardoze) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Bassussarry (Basque: Basusarri) is a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, in southwestern France. ...
Bayonne (French: Bayonne, pronounced ; Gascon Occitan and Basque: Baiona) is a city and commune of southwest France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, of which it is a sous-préfecture. ...
Tourist Office Hotel du Palais or Eugenie Palace La Grande Plage, the towns largest beach Biarritz is a town and commune which lies on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast, in southwestern France. ...
Bidart (Basque: Bidarte) is a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, in southwestern France. ...
Biriatou (Basque Biriatu) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Bonloc (Basque Lekuine) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Boucau (Basque: Bokale) is a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, in southwestern France. ...
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. ...
Cambo-les-Bains (Basque Kanbo) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Ciboure is a commune of France, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, across the harbour from Saint_Jean_de_Luz. ...
Traditional Espelette house with peppers drying on the walls Piments dEspelette - Espelette peppers Espelette (Basque: Ezpeleta) is a commune and small village in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département (64), Aquitaine, in south west France, formerly in the traditional Basque province of Labourd. ...
Guéthary (Basque: Getaria) is a village and commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Guiche (Basque Gixune) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Halsou (Basque Haltsu) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Hasparren (Basque Hazparne) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Hendaye (Basque Hendaia) is the most southwesterly town in France. ...
Itxassou (Basque Itsasu) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Jatxou (Basque Jatsu) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Lahonce (Basque Lehuntze) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Larressore (Basque Larresoro) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Louhossoa (Basque Luhuso) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Macaye (Basque: Makea) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in southwestern France. ...
Mendionde (Basque Lekorne) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Mouguerre (Basque Mugerre) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Saint-Jean-de-Luz (Basque Donibane Lohitzun) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in France. ...
Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle (Basque Senpere) is a large village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Saint-Pierre-dIrube (Basque Hiriburu) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Sare (Basque Sara) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Souraïde (Basque Zuraide) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Urcuit (Basque Urketa) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Urrugne (Basque Urruña) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Urt (Basque Ahurti) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
Uztaritze is a small village in the province of Labourd, in the South part of France. ...
Villefranque (Basque Milafranga) is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France. ...
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