Navascués (Nabaskoze in Basque) is a town and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the province and autonomous community of

Navarre Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...

in northern

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. It has a population of under 200. It is located in the non-Basque-speaking area of the province, in Merindad SangüesaThe Merindad is a type of Spanish jurisdiction, started in the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

, especially implemented in

and Old Castile. In the Middle Ages, Merindad refers primarily to a territory, a district located around a city or an important village, with the status of villa. and 62 km from the capital,

Pamplona Pamplona (; eu, Iruña or ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. It is also the third-largest city in the greater Basque cultural region. Lying at near above ...

. Spanish is the only official language since Basque has no official status.

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NAVASCUES in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)
Municipalities in Navarre {{navarre-geo-stub