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Béarn (Gascon: Bearn or Biarn; ) is a former province of France, located in the Pyrenees
Pyrenees

The Pyrenees are a mountain range in southwest Europe that form a natural border between France and Spain. They separate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of continental Europe, and extend for about from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea ....
 mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. Along with the three Basque
Northern Basque Country

The French Basque Country or Northern Basque Country constitutes the North-Eastern part of the Basque Country and the Western part of the France department of the Pyr?n?es-Atlantiques....
 provinces of Soule
Soule

Soule is a former viscounty and France Provinces of France and part of the present day Pyr?n?es-Atlantiques d?partement in France. It is divided into two cantons of the arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie , and a part of the canton of Saint Palais ....
, Lower Navarre
Lower Navarre

Lower Navarre is a part of the present day Pyr?n?es Atlantiques d?partement in France of France. Along with Navarre of Spain, it was once ruled by the Kings of Navarre....
, and Labourd
Labourd

Labourd is a former France Provinces of France and part of the present-day Pyr?n?es Atlantiques d?partement in France. It is historically one of the seven provinces of the traditional Basque Country ....
, the principality of Bidache
Bidache

Bidache is a small village and commune in France in the Pyr?n?es-Atlantiques d?partement in France of southwestern France.It is located in the Provinces of France of Lower Navarre, but it was a little principality since Antonio I proclaimed himself sovereign prince in 1570, until the Revolution finished it....
, as well as small parts of Gascony
Gascony

Gascony is an area of southwest France that constituted a Provinces of France prior to the French Revolution. In historic references dating from the beginning of the Roman era, it was part of Gaul and became part of the Kingdom of the Franks during the conquests of Clovis I ....
, it forms in the southwest the current département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Pyr?n?es-Atlantiques is a departments of France in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean....
 (64). Pau was the capital of the former viscountcy of Béarn
Viscountcy of Béarn

The viscountcy of B?arn is a former province of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France....
.

Béarn is bordered by Basque provinces Soule
Soule

Soule is a former viscounty and France Provinces of France and part of the present day Pyr?n?es-Atlantiques d?partement in France. It is divided into two cantons of the arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie , and a part of the canton of Saint Palais ....
 and Lower Navarre
Lower Navarre

Lower Navarre is a part of the present day Pyr?n?es Atlantiques d?partement in France of France. Along with Navarre of Spain, it was once ruled by the Kings of Navarre....
 to the west, by Gascony (Landes and Armagnac
Armagnac (region)

The hilly county of Armagnac in the foothills of the Pyren?es, between the Adour and Garonne rivers is a historic comt? of the Gascony , established in 601 in the southwest of Aquitaine ....
) to the north, by Bigorre
Bigorre

Bigorre is region in southwest France, historically an independent county and later a province of France, located in the upper watershed of the Adour, on the northern slopes of the Pyrenees, part of the larger region known as Gascony....
 to the east, and by Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 (Aragon
Aragon

Aragon is an autonomous communities of Spain of Spain. Located in northeastern Spain, the region comprises three provinces of Spain from north to south: Huesca , Zaragoza , and Teruel ....
) to the south.

Today the mainstays of the Béarn area are the petroleum business, the aerospace industry through the helicopter manufacturer Turbomeca
Turbomeca

Turbomeca is a France manufacturer of low- and medium-power gas turbine turboshaft engines for helicopters. The company also produces gas turbine engines for aircraft and missiles, as well as turbines for land, industrial and marine applications....
, tourism and agriculture.






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Béarn (Gascon: Bearn or Biarn; ) is a former province of France, located in the Pyrenees
Pyrenees

The Pyrenees are a mountain range in southwest Europe that form a natural border between France and Spain. They separate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of continental Europe, and extend for about from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea ....
 mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. Along with the three Basque
Northern Basque Country

The French Basque Country or Northern Basque Country constitutes the North-Eastern part of the Basque Country and the Western part of the France department of the Pyr?n?es-Atlantiques....
 provinces of Soule
Soule

Soule is a former viscounty and France Provinces of France and part of the present day Pyr?n?es-Atlantiques d?partement in France. It is divided into two cantons of the arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie , and a part of the canton of Saint Palais ....
, Lower Navarre
Lower Navarre

Lower Navarre is a part of the present day Pyr?n?es Atlantiques d?partement in France of France. Along with Navarre of Spain, it was once ruled by the Kings of Navarre....
, and Labourd
Labourd

Labourd is a former France Provinces of France and part of the present-day Pyr?n?es Atlantiques d?partement in France. It is historically one of the seven provinces of the traditional Basque Country ....
, the principality of Bidache
Bidache

Bidache is a small village and commune in France in the Pyr?n?es-Atlantiques d?partement in France of southwestern France.It is located in the Provinces of France of Lower Navarre, but it was a little principality since Antonio I proclaimed himself sovereign prince in 1570, until the Revolution finished it....
, as well as small parts of Gascony
Gascony

Gascony is an area of southwest France that constituted a Provinces of France prior to the French Revolution. In historic references dating from the beginning of the Roman era, it was part of Gaul and became part of the Kingdom of the Franks during the conquests of Clovis I ....
, it forms in the southwest the current département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Pyr?n?es-Atlantiques is a departments of France in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean....
 (64). Pau was the capital of the former viscountcy of Béarn
Viscountcy of Béarn

The viscountcy of B?arn is a former province of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France....
.

Béarn is bordered by Basque provinces Soule
Soule

Soule is a former viscounty and France Provinces of France and part of the present day Pyr?n?es-Atlantiques d?partement in France. It is divided into two cantons of the arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie , and a part of the canton of Saint Palais ....
 and Lower Navarre
Lower Navarre

Lower Navarre is a part of the present day Pyr?n?es Atlantiques d?partement in France of France. Along with Navarre of Spain, it was once ruled by the Kings of Navarre....
 to the west, by Gascony (Landes and Armagnac
Armagnac (region)

The hilly county of Armagnac in the foothills of the Pyren?es, between the Adour and Garonne rivers is a historic comt? of the Gascony , established in 601 in the southwest of Aquitaine ....
) to the north, by Bigorre
Bigorre

Bigorre is region in southwest France, historically an independent county and later a province of France, located in the upper watershed of the Adour, on the northern slopes of the Pyrenees, part of the larger region known as Gascony....
 to the east, and by Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 (Aragon
Aragon

Aragon is an autonomous communities of Spain of Spain. Located in northeastern Spain, the region comprises three provinces of Spain from north to south: Huesca , Zaragoza , and Teruel ....
) to the south.

Today the mainstays of the Béarn area are the petroleum business, the aerospace industry through the helicopter manufacturer Turbomeca
Turbomeca

Turbomeca is a France manufacturer of low- and medium-power gas turbine turboshaft engines for helicopters. The company also produces gas turbine engines for aircraft and missiles, as well as turbines for land, industrial and marine applications....
, tourism and agriculture. Pau was the birthplace of Elf Aquitaine
Elf Aquitaine

Elf Aquitaine was a France oil company which merged with TotalFina to form TotalFinaElf. The new company changed its name to Total S.A....
, which has now become a part of Total petroleum company.

In Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, p?re. It recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to become a Musketeers of the Guard....
 series, the protagonist d'Artagnan was from Béarn (he mentions having attended his father's funeral there in the second book, Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After

Twenty Years After is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, p?re. This sequel to The Three Musketeers and a book of the so-calledD'Artagnan Romances was serialized from January to August, 1845....
). That d'Artagnan is usually referred to as a Gascon is neither surprising nor incorrect, as Béarn is sometimes considered a part of Gascony.

People from Béarn


  • The family of Alexander Gordon Bearn
    Alexander Gordon Bearn

    Alexander Gordon Bearn was Executive Officer of the American Philosophical Society from 1997 until his retirement in 2002. Dr. Bearn, a physician, scientist and author, was elected a member of the Society in 1972 and served as a vice president from 1988 to 1996....
  • Alejo Peyret
    Alejo Peyret

    Alejo Peyret was a France-born Argentina writer, agronomist, colonial administrator, and historian. He was a prominent figure in the history of Entre R?os Province....
  • Charles XIV John of Sweden
    Charles XIV John of Sweden

    Charles XIV & III John , born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, later renamed Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte was King of Sweden and King of Norway from 1818 until his death....
     King of Sweden
    Sweden

    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
     and Norway
    Norway

    Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
     (where he was known as Karl III Johan) from 1818 to 1844
  • François Bayrou
    François Bayrou

    Fran?ois Bayrou is a France centrist politician, president of Union for French Democracy since 1998 and was a candidate in the French presidential election, 2002 and French presidential election, 2007....
     - Candidate in the 2007 French presidential elections
  • Gaston Planté
    Gaston Planté

    Gaston Plant? was the France physicist who invented the lead-acid battery in 1859. The lead-acid battery eventually became the first rechargeable electric battery marketed for commercial use....
     - French physicist who invented the lead acid battery
    Battery (electricity)

    In electronics, a battery or voltaic cell is a combination of one or more electrochemical cell Galvanic cells which store chemical energy that can be converted into electric potential energy, creating electricity....
     in 1859
  • Henry IV of France
    Henry IV of France

    Henry de Bourbon, , ruled as Henry III, List of Navarrese monarchs, from 1572 to 1610, and as Henry IV, List of French monarchs, from 1589 to 1610....
     - Ruled as King of France from 1589 to 1610
  • Jeanne III of Navarre - Queen regnant of Navarre
    Navarre

    Navarre is a region in northern Spain, constituting one of its autonomous communities in Spain - the "Foral Community of Navarre" ....
     from 1555 to 1572 and mother of King Henry IV of France
  • Pierre Bourdieu
    Pierre Bourdieu

    Pierre Bourdieu was an acclaimed France Sociology and writer known for his outspoken political views and public engagement. One of the principal players in French intellectual life, Bourdieu became the "intellectual reference" for movements opposed to neo-liberalism and globalisation that developed in France and elsewhere during the 1990s....
    - French sociologist
  • Cataline
    Cataline

    Cataline was the nickname given to Jean Caux or Jean-Jacques Caux, the most famous mule Moving company of the Canadian West....
    , aka Jean Caux or Jean-Jacques Caux, a legendary packer during several gold rushes in British Columbia, Canada, is said to have been from Béarn (among other possibilites).


See also


  • Bearnaise sauce
    Bearnaise sauce

    B?arnaise sauce is a sauce made of clarified butter and egg flavored with tarragon and shallots, with chervil and tarragon simmered in vinegar to make a Reduction ....
  • Bearnese language
    Bearnese language

    B?arnese is a Gascon language dialect spoken in B?arn . As a written language, it benefited from the fact that B?arn was an independent state from the mid 14th century up to 1620....


  • Fors de Béarn
    Fors de Bearn

    The Fors de Bearn, or fueros of B?arn, are a series of legal texts compiled over centuries in the Viscounty of B?arn. Together they formed the constitution of B?arn at the time of their first known complete version in the fifteenth century....
  • Laruns
    Laruns

    Laruns is a village and Communes of the Pyr?n?es-Atlantiques department in the Pyrenees of south-western France. The village is situated at the confluence of two mountain streams, the Gave d'Ossau and its tributary, the Valentin River....
     - Laruns is a typical Bearnese village and commune
  • Pau Pyrénées Airport
    Pau Pyrénées Airport

    File:Tour Pau.jpgPau Pyr?n?es Airport is an airport serving Pau, Pyr?n?es-Atlantiques, France. It is located 10 kilometres northwest of Pau in Uzein, a Communes of the Pyr?n?es-Atlantiques d?partement of the Departments of France of Pyr?n?es-Atlantiques ....


  • Viscountcy of Béarn
    Viscountcy of Béarn

    The viscountcy of B?arn is a former province of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France....
  • Viscounts of Béarn
    Viscounts of Béarn

    The viscounts of B?arn were the rulers of a former province of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France....


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