# Ostabarret

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**Ostabarret** (Basque: *Oztibarre*, Spanish: *Ostabares*) is a central region of the traditional province of [Basse-Navarre](/source/Basse-Navarre) in the far south of [France](/source/France). It corresponds to the valley of the upper reaches of the river [Bidouze](/source/Bidouze). It is hilly, open country, characterized by low mountains and round hills between 160 and 650 metres in elevation. The region takes its name from the village of [Ostabat](/source/Ostabat).

The region is first mentioned as the *terra Ostabaressii* in a document of the twelfth century. In one of 1247, it was called *Ostavales*. A Navarrese charter of 1305 refers to it as the *terra Hostebarezio in Navarra*. The forms *Ostabarea* (1312) and *Hosta-Barisium* (1351) are attested, while the [Gascon Rolls](/source/Gascon_Rolls) use *Ostaberesium* (1361).

The region is predominantly [Basque](/source/Basque_language) speaking. According to the 1968 census, 2,137 out of 2,188 inhabitants spoke Basque. The dialect was classified by [Louis Lucien Bonaparte](/source/Louis_Lucien_Bonaparte) as [Lower Navarrese](/source/Navarro-Lapurdian_dialect) in 1869.

## Sources

- Arozamena Ayala, Ainhoa. ["Ostabarret, Tierra de"](http://www.euskomedia.org/aunamendi/126431). *Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia*.

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