  thumb|250px|maulÃ©on, capital of soule soule (basque: zuberoa; zuberoan basque: xiberoa or xiberua; gascon: sola) is a former viscounty and french province and part of the present day pyrÃ©nÃ©es-atlantiques dÃ©partement. it is divided into two cantons of the arrondissement (district) of oloron-sainte-marie (mauleon-licharre and tardets-sorholus), and a part of the canton of saint palais (arrondissement of bayonne). its provincial capital is maulÃ©on, which fused with licharre in 1841 to form "maulÃ©on-licharre", but today is often known as "maulÃ©on-soule". historically, soule is the smallest province of the basque country (785&nbsp;km2.). its population has been decreasing (23,803 in 1901; 16,006 in 1990; 15,535 in 1999). == etymology == the territory is named xiberoa in souletin basque, ''
Basque Former_provinces_of_France Soule