Download the People Group List (16 languages .csv)

Amharic - አማርኛ | Arabic - عربي
Bengali - বাংলা | Chinese (Simplified) - 中文（简体）
Chinese (Traditional) - 中文（繁體) | French - Français
German - Deutsch | Gujarati - ગુજરાતી
Hindi - हिन्दी | Indonesian - Bahasa Indonesia
Korean - 한국어 | Nepali - नेपाली
Portuguese - Português | Russian - Русский
Spanish - Español | Tagalog / Filipino
Be sure to use the data import function in your favorite app for working with data.
If you'd like to help improve these translations, Contact Us.

The Basque of France

The Basque of France, numbering approximately 955,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are citizens and permanent residents of France who trace their ethnic identity to the Basque region in the western Pyrenees, straddling the border between France and Spain. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Basque is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 3 Flash: Basque

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: France
People Cluster: Basque
Primary Language(s): Basque (eus)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 955,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG000135
View on Joshua Project

Print Profile
Submit Updates

Pray for the Basque of France

Join others around the world in praying for the lost to be saved, the gospel to advance, the global Church to grow, and for laborers to be sent out and sustained in the harvest.

Pray Now!
Download Prayer Guide

Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

69%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Basque
Language Family: Basque

10%
%
Basque Speakers

Media Resources in Basque:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

View all resources

Bible Resources in Basque:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1571 Navarro-Labourdin✓
Elizen Arteko Biblia (EAB) Biblia en Euskara, Traducción Interconfesional✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Basque bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

View all resources

SPI: No longer Unreached

The Basque are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Basque:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Basque of France

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
read1 Timothy 6:9

Pray for those, rich and poor, who have put their trust in worldly things, and ask that they will be honest with themselves, acknowledge their need for God and turn to Him.

"O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me."
readJohn 17:25

Pray that the lost will come to know the Father and Jesus Christ, whom He has sent, and that they will be filled with His love and grace.

Sanctify them in the truth, your word is truth.
readJohn 17:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will experience freedom from sin as God sanctifies them in the truth of His Word.

And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.”
readLuke 18:29-30

Pray that God will raise up people to go and share the gospel and help them trust His promise that anyone who has left those they treasure for the sake of the kingdom of God will receive many times more in this life and in the life to come.

Basque Across Countries (ROP3 - 101106) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

6 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▲LanguageReligion
BasquePG016460BasqueVenezuela5,300Unengaged and UnreachedBasqueRoman Catholicism
BasquePG017437BasqueChile8,100Unengaged and UnreachedBasqueRoman Catholicism
BasquePG000511BasqueSpain2,215,000Engaged yet UnreachedBasqueUnaffiliated
BasquePG043533BasqueUnited States31,500Engaged yet UnreachedBasqueRoman Catholicism
BasquePG050493BasqueCanada7,500Engaged yet UnreachedBasqueUnaffiliated
BasquePG000135BasqueFrance955,000No Longer UnreachedBasqueRoman Catholicism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

Peoplegroups.org relies on updates from the field and other organizations for much of our data, so if you have any updates, please contact us. We use various international naming standards. For a list of these standards and fields, visit our Data Standards section.

Scroll to Top