Elgoibar

Elgoibar () is an industrial town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain. Located in a valley, it is traversed by the Deba river. Elgoibar is nicknamed the "capital city of the Machine tool".

Key facts

Settlement.name: Elgoibar
Settlement.image_skyline: Elgoibarko udaletxea.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Town hall of Elgoibar
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera_de_Elgoibar.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo_de_Elgoibar ornamentado.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain Basque Country#Spain
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Elgoibar within the Basque Country
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Basque Country
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Gipuzkoa
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Debabarrena
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Maialen Gurrutxaga (PNV)
Settlement.established_date: December 20, 1346

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Economy
Local Festivities
Sport
Notable people from Elgoibar
References
External links

Originally the town was called Villamayor de Marquina, but it had been founded in a place called before Elgoibar field. The town came to be known by this name a few centuries of its foundation. Until the mid-15th century it appears in the documentation as Villamayor de Marquina, but in the statutes of the Brotherhood of Gipuzkoa of 1457 and 1463 years appears with the Elgoibar name and it has prevailed until today. Elgoibar name has been used in Spanish and in Basque in order to refer to the small town. The only difference is that in Spanish the name Elgoibar has an accent mark above its "o".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elgoibar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.