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Soule

Soule (sOOl) [key], small region, in Pyrénées-Atlantiques dept., SW France, bordering on Spain. Mauléon-Licharre is the traditional capital. An ancient province of the Basque Country, it was annexed to the French crown lands in 1451.

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