Editing Labourd (section)

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'''Labourd''' ({{IPA|fr|labuʁ}}; {{langx|eu|Lapurdi}}; {{langx|la|Lapurdum}}; {{langx|oc-gascon|Labord}}) is a former [[Provinces of France|French province]] and part of the present-day [[Pyrénées Atlantiques]] ''[[département in France|département]]'' of [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] [[regions of France|region]]. It is one of the traditional Basque provinces, and identified as one of the territorial component parts of the [[Basque Country (greater region)|Basque Country]] by many, especially by the [[Basque nationalists]].

Labourd extends from the [[Pyrenees]] to the river [[Adour]], along the [[Bay of Biscay]]. To the south are [[Gipuzkoa]] and [[Navarre]] in Spain, to the east is [[Lower Navarre]], and to the north are the [[Landes forest|Landes]]. It has an area of almost {{convert|900|km2|0|abbr=on}} and a population of over 200,000 (115,154 in 1901; 209,913 in 1990), making it the most populous of the three French Basque provinces. Over 25% of the inhabitants speak Basque (17% in the Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz zone, 43% in the rest). Labourd has also long had a Gascon-speaking tradition, notably along the banks of the river Adour but also more diffusely throughout the whole viscounty (about 20% in Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz).

The main town of Labourd is [[Bayonne]], although the capital up to the French Revolution was [[Ustaritz]], 13&nbsp;km away, where local Basque leaders assembled. Other important towns are [[Biarritz]], [[Anglet]] (between Bayonne and Biarritz), [[Hendaye]], [[Ciboure]] and [[Saint-Jean-de-Luz]] along the coast, and [[Hasparren]] inland. The area is famous for the five-day ''[[Fêtes de Bayonne]]'' and the red peppers of [[Espelette]]. Many tourists come to the coast, especially to Biarritz, and to the hills and mountains of the interior for walking and agri-tourism. [[La Rhune]] (''Larrun'' in Basque), a 900&nbsp;m high mountain, lies south of Saint-Jean-de-Luz on the border with Spain.

The traditional buildings of Labourd have low-roofed, half-timbered features, stone lintels, and red, white and green paint. 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 (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' and to Basque traditions.

[[Lapurdian]] (''Lapurtera'') is a [[dialect]] of the [[Basque language]] spoken in the region.