Lanciego/Lantziego
Lanciego/Lantziego | |
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| Lantziego | |
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.svg)  Lanciego/Lantziego Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 42°34′N 02°31′W / 42.567°N 2.517°WCoordinates: 42°34′N 02°31′W / 42.567°N 2.517°W | |
| Kintra |  Spain |
| Autonomous commonty |  Basque Kintra |
| Province | Álava |
| Region | Cuadrilla de Laguardia-Rioja Alavesa |
| Foondit | 1630 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Alcalde | Gorka Mauleon Elalde (Partido Nacionalista Vasco) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24.20 km2 (9.34 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 541 m (1,775 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 01308 |
| Offeecial leids | Basque, Spainyie |
| Website | www.lanciego.org |
Lanciego (Basque: Lantziego) is a toun an municipality locatit in the province o Álava, in the Basque Kintra, northren Spain. The municipality o Lanciego in Rioja Alavesa consists o three touns: Lanciego, Assa an Viñaspre. Lanciego haes a tot population o approximately 650. Its name derives frae Lantzeaga (place o cultur) an Lantze = cultivate.
Places o interest
[eedit | edit soorce]Releegious Monuments
[eedit | edit soorce]- The kirk o San Acisclo y Santa Victoria.
- The Hermitage o La Virgen del Campo.
Recreational Facilities
[eedit | edit soorce]- The public open air soummin puils.
- The polideportivo leisure centre.
- The auld Frontón.
History
[eedit | edit soorce]Lanciego (in Basque Lantziego), locatit in Rioja Alavesa, settles on a relatively flat aurie, in a smaw vale at the feet o the Cantabrie Sierra. It is wattered bi several creeks, an is surroondit bi lush vineyards frae which the majority o local income is made. Frae its oreegin till the year 1630 it wis a pairt o the jurisdiction o Laguardia, an in 1630 it obtained the title o toun. The first documentit appearance o the municipality is in the year 1257 an in 1366 its demographic information is first documentit, bein a pairt o the kinrick o Navarre.