Northern Basque Country: indicators

A territory at the heart of a euro-region

  • A privileged cross-border situation (with the Autonomous Region of Euskadi and the Chartered Community of Navarre)
  • A major point of transit for north/south European exchanges: 52 million tons of merchandise (by road and rail), A European freight centre (600 000 tons by combined rail/road)
  • The port of Bayonne: 9th port in France, serving the regional economy (4 million tons of merchandise)

Demographic profiles of constituencies


Probable evolution of population around 2020

Distribution of employment according to sector