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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.
=== Establishing new homesteads ===
There are several authors who have considered the process where new houses are created using the existing one. In general, the focus has been on the homestead.
In those housing agglomerations, the house even lost its common name; blocks, flats and apartments are the names use to refer to the dwelling and its location<ref>Ander MANTEROLA. “Etxea” in ''Euskaldunak''. Volume III. Bilbao: 1980, pp. 544-545.</ref>.
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