The Basque Country is one of Europe's oldest and strongest cultures. It encompasses the region located in northern Spain, on the Bay of Biscay at the western end of the Pyrenees mountain range, straddling the frontier between southern France and Spain.
What nationality is a Basque?
Basque, Spanish Vasco, or Vascongado, Basque Euskaldunak, or Euskotarak, member of a people who live in both Spain and France in areas bordering the Bay of Biscay and encompassing the western foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains.
Are Basques Hispanic?
Are the Basques Spanish or French? The answer to all these very basic questions is NO. The Basques on both sides of the mountains come from the same culture, and they are neither Hispanic nor French.Feb 5, 2013