Arrasate

The title of this article is ambiguous. Other meanings can be found under Mondragon . For the Spanish football player and coach, see Jagoba Arrasate .

Arrasate edo Mondragón municipality
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Basque Country
Province :	Gipuzkoa
Comarca :	Debagoiena
Coordinates	43 ° 4 ′  N , 2 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 4 ′  N , 2 ° 29 ′  W
Height :	236  msnm
Area :	30.80 km²
Residents :	22.001 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	714.32 inhabitants / km²
Founding:	May 15, 1260
Postal code :	20500
Municipality number  ( INE ):	20055
administration
Mayor :	Maria Ubarretxena Cid ( EAJ / PNV )
Website :	www.arrasate-mondragon.org

Arrasate or Mondragón (official name "Arrasate / Mondragón", Basque Arrasate or Mondragoe , Spanish Mondragón ) is a city in the Spanish Basque Country . The town, located in the southwest of the province of Gipuzkoa on the Deba River , has 22,001 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019).

Arrasate / Mondragón is an important industrial location and is primarily known for the Mondragón Corporación Cooperativa established there . This company, significantly influenced by José María Arizmendiarrieta , is the world's largest cooperative and in 2002 contributed 3.7% of the Basque gross domestic product .

history

The settlement of the area of ​​Mondragón can be proven back to the Stone Age. The city is mentioned for the first time in the 13th century, after a number of cities were founded in the region when Gipuzkoa entered the Kingdom of Castile in 1200: in 1260 King Alfonso X of Castile gave the name of Mondragón and the town of Arrasate Fueros de Vitoria (special rights) granted.

In 1897 the Spanish Prime Minister Antonio Cánovas del Castillo was murdered by the Italian anarchist Michele Angiolillo in the spa complex of Santa Águeda de Gesalibar in Mondragón .

In the 20th century, the population increased significantly as part of industrialization.

On March 7, 2008, just two days before the Spanish parliamentary elections in 2008 , ETA terrorists shot and killed the local, former city councilor Isaías Carrasco .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
2. ↑ Alcadesa. Ayuntamiento de Mondragón, accessed December 7, 2016 (Spanish). 

Web links

Commons : Arrasate  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mondragón Official Website (Basque, Spanish)

Puerta de Arrasate