Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas
Also known as Soraluce, Placencia de las Armas, Soraluze
municipality of Spain
Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Autonomous community
- País Vasco
- Province
- Gipuzkoa
- Eskualdea
- Debabarrena
- Founded
- 15 October 1343
- Alcalde
- Iker Aldazabal ( Basque Nationalist Party )
- Total
- 14.22 km (5.49 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 111 m (364 ft)
- Density
- 271.2/km (702.5/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- Placentino, -na; Soraluzetarra
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Official language s
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Soraluze (Basque) or Placencia de las Armas (Spanish), officially Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas, is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country, Spain.
The town of Placencia de las Armas has been involved since its foundation in the manufacture of weapons of all kinds. At its founding in 1343, it called Placencia Soraluze then in the fifteenth century it added "las Armas" or "weapons" to its name in reference to its main industry. In this village the Royal Guns Factory ended weapons manufacturing in the middle of the twentieth century.