Bernedo

Bernedo is a town and municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain. The town of Bernedo is considered the capital of the municipality, which consists of several towns. Over the years, the municipality of Bernedo has absorbed other, smaller municipalities, which have ceased to exist.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Bernedo
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Bernedoko_kale_bat.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Street of the town of Bernedo, capital of the homonymous municipality
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo_de_Bernedo.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Basque Country
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Álava

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Official website

Ayuntamiento de Bernedo · Bernedoko Udala

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Bernedo
Demonym: bernedano
Population: 548
Area: 130.44
Elevation: 710
Official website: www.bernedo.org
Image: Bernedo - 040.jpg
Licence plate code: VI

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Commons category: Bernedo
postal code: 01118
female population: 195
male population: 299
native label: Bernedo

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== History == The name Bernedo appeared as early as 1025 in documentation of the region of San Millán de la Cogolla. During the Middle Ages, Bernedo was a walled fortress with castle and tower. The King of Navarre, Sancho the Wise, granted charter rights for the town in the year 1182. For three centuries it was part of the Kingdom of Navarre.