The Basque people who are frequently in the news for their separatist activity live in

1 The Basque people are an indigenous ethnic group inhabiting the Basque Country, a region located at the western end of the Pyrenees mountains on the coast of the Bay of Biscay. 2 This region straddles the border between Spain and France. 3 The vast majority of the Basque Country and the Basque population is located within northern Spain (in the autonomous communities of Basque Country and Navarre). 4 The Basque separatist movement (primarily ETA, historically) sought independence for the Basque Country, mainly focusing on the Spanish territories. Therefore, the Basque people associated with separatist activity primarily live in Spain.