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Béarn

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Also known as Bearn, Biarn, Beam

Béarn (; ; or Biarn; or Biarno; or Bearnia) is one of the traditional provinces of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in Southwestern France. Along with the three Basque provinces of Soule, Lower Navarre and Labourd, the Principality of Bidache, as well as small parts of Gascony, it forms the current Pyrénées-Atlantiques department. The capitals of Béarn were successively Beneharnum (until 841), Morlaàs (from 1100), Orthez (from the second half of the 13th century) and then Pau (beginning in the mid-15th century).

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Settlement.name
Béarn Biarn Bearn
Settlement.image_flag
Flag of Béarn.svg
Settlement.image_shield
Blason du Béarn.svg
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75px
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Localisation Béarn.svg
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250px
Settlement.map_caption
Béarn in Europe
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.timezone
CET
Settlement.utc_offset
+1

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Béarn
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1790-00-00
inception
1620-00-00
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14 sections
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  • History
  • Etymology
  • Prehistory
  • Antiquity
  • Middle Ages
  • A sovereign principality
  • Transport
  • Road
  • Rail
  • Aviation
  • People from Béarn
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

{{Infobox settlement

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