The June fighting gave the French army a foothold in the Baztan Valley.
The town is the capital of the Baztan valley and where most service establishments are concentrated.
The inhabitants from the region of the river Bidasoa and Baztan (to the north of Navarre) continued the custom for centuries until it almost died out in the 1920s.
He served as captain-general of Navarre after taking part in the 1876 offensive in the valley of Baztan; he acquired his marquisate during this time.
Until 1566, the Diocese of Bayonne included much Spanish territory, i.e. the four Archpresbyteries of Baztan, Lerin, Bortziria in Navarre, and Hondarribia in Guipuzcoa, a remnant of Charlemagne's conquests beyond the Pyrenees.
Pedro de Ursúa (1526–1561) was a Basque Spanish conquistador from Baztan (Navarre) in the 16th century.