
Romanzado (Basque: Erromantzatua) is amunicipality located in the province and autonomous community ofNavarre, northernSpain. The municipality is shaped by the riversSalazar, Areta and their tributaries, comprising 10 villages and minor population nuclei scattered across an extension of 91.44 km2. The municipality numbers 154 inhabitants (2004).[1]
The name has attracted much linguistic attention on the grounds that it suggests aRomance-speaking enclave in an otherwiseBasque-speaking surrounding area sometime in the Middle Ages. However, evidence points to the area being monolingual Basque-speaking well in the 16th century.[2]
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