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== Latitudinal settlement patterns ==
Basically, two types of settlements, one dispersed with more or less isolated homes and the other concentrated, are to be found in the Basque Country as a whole. In the second case, there are no isolated houses outside the concentration. This pattern also has a north-south gradient. The houses are dispersed throughout the territory in the northernmost area, on the Atlantic side of the watershed. In other words, the population is disperse and the houses are scattered throughout the territory in northern Álava, Montaña Navarraof Navarre, the whole of Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa, as well as in Labourd, Lower Navarre and Zuberoa.
In a large part of Álava —Llanada, Valle de Kuartango and Montaña Alavesa—, in other words, in the middle part, along with the sub-Pyrenees and mid-Navarre, the villages are small groups of houses close together, thus offering a panorama that is both concentrated and disperse.
