Artziniega
Sign in to saveArtziniega () is a town and municipality in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain. Located in the northwest of Araba, on the border with Burgos, Castile and León and Biscay, it was at the junction between the old Kingdom of Castile and the ports of the Bay of Biscay.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Artziniega
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
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- Arceniega 06.JPG
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- Town hall of Artziniega
- Settlement.image_size
- 350px
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- Escudo de Armas de Arciniega.svg
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- Spain Basque Country#Spain
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- Location of Artziniega within the Basque Country##Location of Artziniega within Spain
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- Country
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- Autonomous Community
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- Province
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- Álava
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- Comarca
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- Cuadrilla de Ayala
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- Mayor
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- Agurtxane Llano Cuadrado
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 27.45
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- (AMSL)
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Prehistory and Middle Ages
- Modern Age
- Contemporary age
- Cultural heritage
- Historic Quarter
- Monuments
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Artziniega () is a town and municipality in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain. Located in the northwest of Araba, on the border with Burgos, Castile and León and Biscay, it was at the junction between the old Kingdom of Castile and the ports of the Bay of Biscay.
The town probably derives its name from the Basque "Artzain-aga," meaning "place of shepherds."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Artziniega” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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