County of Béarn

Béarn was a traditional province of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and their foothills in Southwestern France. It was bordered by Basque provinces, Gascony, Bigorre, and Spain. Its capitals included Beneharnum, Morlaàs, Orthez, and Pau. Béarn was founded in 1620 CE and dissolved in 1790 CE, later forming part of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department along with other territories. The province grew through the addition of various viscounties, though some communities remained exclaves of Bigorre.