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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Navarre (2099 words) |
 | Navarre, on the north-east by the Province of |
| Navarre (Basse-Navarre) belongs to the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, and forms the western part of the Arrondissement of Mauldeon and the Cantons of Hasparren and Labastide-Clairence in the Arrondissement of Bayonne. |
| Navarre and all opponents of the Holy League were under the ban of the Church, the Navarrese declared for Ferdinand, who took possession of the kingdom on 15 June, 1515. |
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Navarre - LoveToKnow 1911 (1108 words) |
| Much of the lower ground is well adapted for agriculture, and yields grain in abundance; the principal fruit grown is the apple, from which cider is made in some districts; hemp, flax and oil are also produced, and mulberries are cultivated for silkworms. |
| After 1234 Navarre, though the crown was claimed by the kings of Aragon, passed by marriage to a succession of French rulers. |
| French Navarre survived as an independent little kingdom till it was united to the crown of France by Henry IV. |
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