Azpeitia

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Azpeitia municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Basque CountryBasque Country Basque Country
Province : Gipuzkoa
Comarca : Urola Costa
Coordinates 43 ° 11 ′  N , 2 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 11 ′  N , 2 ° 16 ′  W
Height : 80  msnm
Area : 69.39 km²
Residents : 14,936 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 215.25 inhabitants / km²
Founding: 1310
Postal code : 20730
Municipality number  ( INE ): 20018
administration
Mayor : Eneko Etxeberria ( picture )
Website : www.azpeitia.eus

Azpeitia is a Spanish municipality in the autonomous province of Basque Country . It is part of the Guipuzcoa Province . It consists of seven formerly independent places, including the place Loyola , birthplace of Ignatius of Loyola , the founder of the Jesuit order .

The municipality, located at the foot of the Izaraitz massif and on the Urola river , has 14,936 inhabitants (2019).

economy

The most important economic sectors in the municipality are wood production and the wood processing industry, which can fall back on the local forests as a resource. In addition, there are metal processing companies and the exploitation of neighboring quarries. Agriculture, especially cattle breeding, primarily serves the local market.

Another important economic factor is tourism, especially the pilgrimages to the sanctuary and the birthplace of St. Ignatius in Loyola.

Attractions

Basque Railway Museum , vehicle hall
  • San Sebastian de Soriasu , church built on ancient foundations from the 16th century with structural changes from the 18th century.
  • Casa Enparan , a house built in 1320, remodeled in 1535 and remodeled again in 1750.
  • Antxieta Palace , 16th century
  • Santa Magdalena Monastery , 19th century
  • Convent of Our Lady of Antigua , 18th century
  • Plaza de Toros , built in 1903
  • Basque Railway Museum ( Museo vasco de Ferrocarril ). In the valley of Oruna which was in the 19th century railway Zumarraga-Zumaia built the first electrified in Spain. After the railway was shut down in 1988, the station and the adjacent depot in Azpeitia were converted into a railway museum .
  • Environmental museum
  • Santuario di Sant'Ignazio in Loyola. The complex, which consists of several baroque buildings and the house where Ignatius Loyola was born , is an important Catholic pilgrimage site.

Daughters and sons of the church

Web links

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

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).