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Navarre

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:''"Navarra" redirects here. For other uses, see Navarre (disambiguation)''. {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0.5em 0 1em 1em; background: #ffffff; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |+'''Comunidad Foral de
Navarra / Nafarroako
Foru Komunitatea''' |- | align="center" colspan="1" | Image:bandera_de_navarra.png 150px | align="center" colspan="1" | Image:escudo_de_navarra.png 60px |- | align="center" colspan="1" | Flag of Navarra Flag | align="center" colspan="1" | Coat of Arms of Navarra Coat of Arms |- | bgcolor="#c6c6c6" align="center" colspan="2" | Image:Locator map of Navarre.png |- | Capital | Pamplona/IruÃ±a |- | Official languages | Spanish language Castilian;
Basque language Basque co-official in some areas |- | Area
– Total
– % of Spain | List of Spanish autonomous communities by area Ranked 11th
1 E10 mÂ² 10 391 square kilometre kmÂ²
2,2% |- | Population
– Total (2005)
– % of Spain
– Density | List of Spanish autonomous communities by population Ranked 15th
593 472
1,3%
57,11/kmÂ² |- | Demonym
– English language English
– Spanish language Spanish
– Basque |
Navarrese
''navarro/a''
''nafar'' |- | Statute of Autonomy | August 16, 1982 |- | ISO 3166-2 | NA |- | Cortes Generales Parliamentary
representation
– Spanish Congress Congress seats
– Spanish Senate Senate seats | valign=bottom | 5
1 |- | List of Navarrese Presidents President | Miguel Sanz Sesma (UniÃ³n del Pueblo Navarro UPN) |- | align=center colspan=2 | [http://www.navarra.es/ Gobierno de Navarra] |} '''Navarre''' (Spanish language Spanish ''Navarra'', Basque language Basque ''Nafarroa'') is an autonomous communities in Spain autonomous community and province (Spain) province of Spain. Its official Spanish language Spanish-language name is '''''Comunidad Foral de Navarra''''' (for an explanation of ''foral'', see ''fuero'').

Community
It is bordered on the west by the autonomous community of the Basque Country (autonomous community) Basque Country (formed by the provinces of Bizkaia /Vizcaya, GuipÃºzcoa and Ã?lava, although Navarra only has a border with the latter two), on the south by the autonomous community of La Rioja, on the east by the autonomous community of Aragon (formed by the provinces of Zaragoza (province) Zaragoza/Saragossa, Teruel (province) Teruel and Huesca (province) Huesca, although Navarra only has a border with Zaragoza and Huesca), and on the north by the country France. Navarre is governed as an autonomous region, with its own parliament (Parlamento de Navarra/Nafarroako Parlamentua) and government (Gobierno de Navarra/Nafarroako Gobernua). As in other autonomous regions in Spain, health, employment, education and social services, together with housing, urban development, environment protection policies are under the responsibility of its own institutions. Unlike other regions (and like the Basque Country (autonomous community) Basque Country), it has almost full responsibility for collecting taxes, which must follow the overall guidelines established by the Spanish government but may have some minor differences. There are 272 municipalities in Navarre. See List of municipalities in Navarre. One-third of the population lives in the capital, Pamplona (Basque ''IruÃ±ea'' or ''IruÃ±a'').

Cultural Heritage
Navarre is a mixture of the Basque influence from the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean influences coming from the Ebro. The Ebro valley is amenable to wheat, vegetables, wine, and even olive trees, as in Aragon and la Rioja. It was occupied by the Roman Empire and in the Middle Ages it became the taifa kingdom of Tudela. During the Reconquista, the Northerners extended southwards. In the Middle Ages, Pamplona was a crossroads for Basques, Gascony Gascons from beyond the Pyrenees and Romance languages Romance speakers. The Basque language has been losing ground for centuries. Often feelings of "Basqueness" are linked to use of the language. For example, a person from a place where Basque was lost decades ago might say that they are not Basque, but that their grandfather was. Feelings of Basqueness often are carried onto politics with Basque nationalism being stronger in the North, either within Navarrese branches of Basque parties like Batasuna, Aralar, Eusko Alkartasuna or EAJ-PNV or as homegrown movements like Batzarre. Among the parties that downplay links to the Basque Country, there are regional branches of Spanish parties such as the PSOE, as well as regional parties such as UniÃ³n del Pueblo Navarro UPN (UniÃ³n del Pueblo Navarro) and Convergencia de DemÃ³cratas Navarros.

History
For a fuller account of the history of Navarre, see Kingdom of Navarre.

See also
* Kingdom of Navarre * Kings of Navarre {{Spain}} {{SPprov}} Category:Navarre Category:NUTS 2 Statistical Regions of Europe an:Nabarra ast:Navarra ca:Navarra cy:Navarra cs:Navarra de:Navarra (Region) et:Navarra es:Navarra eo:Navaro eu:Nafarroa fa:Ù†Ø§ÙˆØ§Ø± fr:Navarre he:× ×•×•×?×¨×” it:Navarra hu:Navarra kw:Navarra nl:Navarra (Spanje) ja:ãƒŠãƒ?ãƒ©å·ž pl:Nawarra pt:Navarra ru:Ð?Ð°Ð²Ð°Ñ€Ñ€Ð° fi:Navarra sv:Navarra tl:Komunidad Foral ng Navarra '''Navarre''' is one of the '''autonomous communities of Spain autonomous communities''' of '''Spain'''. Category:Autonomous communities of Spain Category:Provinces of Spain Category:Basque es:CategorÃa:Navarra eu:Kategoria:Nafarroa fr:CatÃ©gorie:Navarre lb:Category:Navarra see Template:Spain/Navarre

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