SOULE (ZUBEROA in Basque - XIBEROA in the local dialect) : the most easterly province of the Northern Basque Country corresponding to the valley of the river Saison. Capital city : MAULEON. A little over 700 kms2 and under 14,000 inhabit. (Souletins). Not many towns and villages have more than a few hundred inhabitants : Tardets, Ste-Engrace, Larrau, Licq-Athérey... Its main assets : the beauty of the landscapes and its role as sanctuary for Basque tradition & culture. Like the Labourd, long under English rule, the province of Soule was incorporated into what was to become France in 1451. If a search engine selected this single page separated from the remainder of the Real Estate Web Gaztelua ... click on