Navarra

Comunidad Foral de
Navarra / Nafarroako
Foru Komunitatea

Capital	Pamplona
Official languages	Castilian; Basque co-official in some areas
Area  - total  - % of Spain	Ranked 11th 10 391 km² 2,2%
Population  - Total (2003)  - % of Spain  - Density	Ranked 15th 569 628 1,4% 54,82/km²
Demonym  - English  - Spanish  - Basque	Navarrese navarro/a nafar
Statute of Autonomy	August 16, 1982
ISO 3166-2	NA
Parliamentary representation  Congress seats  Senate seats	5 1
President	Miguel Sanz Sesma (UPN)
Gobierno de Navarra

Navarre (Basque Nafarroa, Spanish Navarra) is an autonomous community and province of Spain.

It is bordered by the autonomous communities of the Basque Country (provinces of Guipúzcoa and Álava), La Rioja, and Aragon (provinces of Zaragoza and Huesca), and by France.

Of its population of 569,628 (2002), one-third live in the capital, Pamplona (Basque Iruña). There are 272 municipalities in Navarre. See List of municipalities in Navarre.

History

There was once a kingdom of Navarre spawning to both sides of the Pyrenees, that was split between France and Spain in the 16th century. The part of Navarre on the French side is called Basse Navarre (Basque Nafarroa Beherea) in today's French département of Pyrenees Atlantiques.

The Kingdom of Navarre, originally called Pamplona, arose circa 824 when Iñigo Arista led a revolt against the Franks. The last king of Navarre, Henry III (reigned 1572-1610), succeeded to the throne of France as Henry IV in 1589. It remained a separate kingdom under the French crown until 1791.

See also: Kings of Navarre - Kings of Navarre family tree

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