Euskaldunak | |
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Total population | |
c. 3 million worldwide | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Spain (people living in the Basque Provinces of Spain, including some areas where most people don't identify themselves as Basque) |
2,410,000 |
France (people living in the Basque Provinces of France, not all of whom identify as Basque) |
239,000 |
United States (self-identifying as having Basque ancestry) |
57,793 |
Languages | |
Basque, Spanish, French | |
Religion | |
Christianity (Catholicism) Other |
The Basques (Basque: euskaldunak [eus̺kaldunak]; Spanish: vascos [ˈbaskos]; French: basques [bask], English: /bɑːsks/ or /bæsks/) are an indigenous ethnic group characterised by the Basque language, a common culture and shared ancestry to the ancient Vascones and Aquitanians. Basques are indigenous to and primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country (Basque: Euskal Herria), a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France.