Out of a total population of 258,000 this breaks down to 70,000 speakers and 23,000 who only understand the language. Some local authorities and public services still use it very inefficiently when dealing with tourists and providing them with information.
Local communities are slowly but surely erecting bilingual road signs.
There are some monolingual road signs in Basque. Courses in Basque language and literature are taught in these universities and in the University of Toulouse. State radio provides one hour of programming. Three community radio stations broadcast in Basque all day. Since 1994 there has been a weekly newspaper in the language.