Lantarón

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Lantarón municipality
Fontecha - the townscape with Torre de Orgaz
Fontecha - the townscape with Torre de Orgaz
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Coat of arms of Lantarón
Lantarón (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Basque CountryBasque Country Basque Country
Province : Álava
Comarca : Cuadrilla de Añana
Coordinates 42 ° 43 ′  N , 2 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 43 ′  N , 2 ° 58 ′  W
Height : 482  msnm
Area : 67.49 km²
Residents : 875 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 12.96 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 01213
Municipality number  ( INE ): 01902
administration
Mayor : Francisco J. Uriarte EAJ-PNV
Address of the municipal administration: La Presa, 1 01423 Sobrón Tel .: +34 945 33 20 24
Website : aytolantaron.com
Location of the municipality
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Lantarón is a municipality ( municipio ) with 875 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the Spanish province of Álava in the autonomous region of Basque Country . The municipality was only formed in 1978 from the following twelve villages: Alcedo, Bergüenda, Caicedo de Yuso, Comunión, Fontecha, Leciñana del Camino, Molinilla, Puentelarrá, Salcedo, Sobrón, Turiso, Zubillaga. The main town is Comunión.

location

Lantarón is located in the southwest of the province of Álava between the rivers Ebro in the west and Bayas in the east at an altitude of about 400 to 500 meters above sea level. d. M. The provincial capital Vitoria-Gasteiz is about 45 kilometers by car to the northeast. The next largest city, Miranda de Ebro , is just under eight kilometers away in the province of Burgos .

politics

Historical development in the Council of Lantarón
Political party 2015 2011
Be right % Seats Be right % Seats
EAJ-PNV * * 33.20% 3
Bildu * * 14.73% 1
PP * * 28.88% 3

Source: Spanish Ministry of the Interior

Population development

year 1990 2000 2010
Residents 832 964 909

The individual villages of the municipality of Lantarón have around 50 to 150 inhabitants.

economy

The villages and hamlets of the municipality were and are to a large extent shaped by agriculture; The main crops grown are cereals, but also all kinds of vegetables. In the Zubillaga district on the Río Ebro there is a chemical plant ( General Quimica SA ) and an industrial area ( Poligono Industrial de Lantarón ). In the summer months tourism (rental of holiday apartments) also plays an important role in the economic life of the municipality.

history

Most likely there never was a place called Lantarón , but in the period around 900 there was a short county ( condado ) of the same name, the most famous count ( conde ) of which was Gonzalo Téllez . The still preserved residential towers of two castles in the Fontecha district have nothing to do with the count's castle , they date from the late Middle Ages (15th century) and cannot be assigned to a noble family or a manor ( señorio ).

Attractions

Alcedo
  • The Church of San Martín is a Romanesque building from around 1200 with a renaissance chapel. A Romanesque portal is hidden behind a two-arched south porch ( portico ). A Romanesque window also deserves attention.
  • The hermit church ( Ermita de Santiago ) dates from the 16th century and is located a little outside the village.
Bergüenda ( Bergonda )
  • A so-called 'Roman bridge' ( puente romano ) crosses the Río Omecillo . However, due to its wide-span arches that are pointed at the apex, it is more likely to be attributed to the Middle Ages.
Torre del Condestable
Fontecha ( Fontetxa )
  • The Torre de Condestable is a former keep ( torre de homenaje ) of a late medieval castle, the transverse main building of which already has palace-like features. Both buildings consist of precisely hewn stone material, which is layered in the masonry bond.
  • The same applies to the square Torre de Orgaz . Its entrance is about 2.50 meters high and could only be reached with the help of a ladder. Both towers are only about 200 meters apart on the outskirts of Fontecha.
  • The village church has a remarkable altarpiece.
Puentelarrá ( Larra trainee )
  • The church of San Nicolás de Bari dates from the 18th century.

Sons and daughters of the church

Web links

Commons : Lantarón  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Fontecha  - 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).
  2. ^ Lantarón ( Spanish ) Ministerio del Interior. May 22, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2019.