Armiñon

Armiñon municipality
	Armiñon with Río Zadorra
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Basque Country
Province :	Álava
Comarca :	Cuadrilla de Añana
Coordinates	42 ° 43 ′ N , 2 ° 52 ′ W Coordinates: 42 ° 43 ′ N , 2 ° 52 ′ W
Height :	475 msnm
Area :	12.94 km²
Residents :	227 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	17.54 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	01220
Municipality number ( INE ):	01006
administration
Website :	Armiñon

Armiñon is a place and a municipality in northern Spain with 227 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the south of the province of Álava in the Basque Country . The place is on a branch of the Way of St. James ( Camino Francés ) coming from San Sebastian .

Location and climate

The place Armiñon lies on the east bank of the Río Zadorra at an altitude of approx. 475 m . The provincial capital Vitoria-Gasteiz is about 30 km (driving distance) northeast; the town of Miranda de Ebro in Castile is only 12 km southwest. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 750 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	617	374	347	146	239

As a result of by the mechanization of agriculture farming and the abandonment small businesses caused rural exodus , the population declined since the end of the 19th century continuously and on. The municipality also includes the village (aldea) Estavillo and the hamlet (pedanía) Lacorzana .

economy

For centuries, the residents of the community lived on agriculture, self-sufficient , in which cattle breeding played an essential role. Gradually, handicrafts, trade and smaller service companies developed. Today there are commercial settlements at the gates of the village.

history

Iglesia de San Andrés

Estavillo - Iglesia de San Martín

Celts , Romans , Visigoths and Moors left no archaeologically usable traces, but the place was on a Roman road leading from Astorga (Asturica Augusta) via Agurain to Bordeaux (Burdigala) . The region has belonged to the Emirate of Cordoba since 756 ; after the reconquest ( reconquista ) by the Christians in 824, the area belonged to the Kingdom of Pamplona , from which the Kingdom of Navarre later emerged. The place is first mentioned under the name Aramignon around the year 1025 in a document from the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla . Alfonso VIII of Castile conquered western Navarre around 1200. Armiñon itself was granted privileges ( fueros ) by King Sancho IV of Castile in 1274 .

Attractions

The oldest structure in the village is the sechsbogige - perhaps originally Roman, but always renewed - bridge over the Río Zadorra, which later also by the Jacob pilgrims was used.
The medieval Iglesia de San Andrés was later supplemented with components from the Renaissance and Baroque periods .
The Palacio del Marques de Terán, with its stone heraldic shields, dates from the 17th century .

Surroundings

The Iglesia de San Martín in the village of Estavillo , a good 1 km to the north-east and already mentioned in a document in 871 , has a beautiful portal in the late Gothic style with several archivolts and a keel arch that covers everything . The nave (nature) is star-curved ; in the flat closed vestibule is an imposing Altarretabel (retablo) from the Renaissance period with many figures.
In the hamlet of Lacorzana there is a late medieval defense tower that belonged to the noble landlord family Hurtado de Mendoza .