Baztan

Baztan parish
Farm stays in Baztan
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Navarre
Province :	Navarre
Comarca :	Baztan
Coordinates	43 ° 12 ′  N , 1 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 12 ′  N , 1 ° 28 ′  W
Height :	432  msnm
Area :	373.55 km²
Residents :	7,777 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	20.82 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	31700
Municipality number  ( INE ):	31050
administration
Mayor :	Virginia Alemán Arraztio ( NaBai )
Website :	www.baztan.es
Location of the municipality

Baztan (Basque; Spanish Baztán ) is a municipality ( municipio ) with 7777 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in Spain . The Basque spelling is official today because it belongs to the Basque-speaking area of Navarre . With 376.8 km² the largest municipality in Navarre, it is located in the Pyrenees north of the main ridge and borders France in the north and east .

geography

The municipality consists mainly of the valley of the upper Bidasoa , also called Baztan in the municipality . In the north of the municipality rises the Olabidea (Spanish Olavidea), the actual upper reaches of the Ugarana (French Nivelle ), which flows into the Atlantic at Saint-Jean-de-Luz . In the northeast, tributaries of the Errobi (French Nive ) belong to the municipality. The highest point is the 1,418 m high Sayoa. The villages in the Baztan Valley are 200 to 300 m above sea level.

Community structure

The most important places in the municipality are:

• the main town of Elizondo , even as the church Baztan called
• Azpilkueta (Spanish: Azpilcueta)
• Elbete (Spanish Elvetea), grown together with Elizondo
• Irurita
• Amaiur / Maya (Basque Amaiur, Spanish Maya de Baztán)

Population development of the municipality

Source: INE archive - graphic processing for Wikipedia

economy

The main industries are agriculture and tourism. The Bidasoa River powers a small hydroelectric power station.

Neighboring places

North-west of the municipality of Baztan, the villages Zugarramurdi (209 m) with 233 inhabitants and Urdazubi / Urdax (100 m) with 348 inhabitants are small independent communities . They only border Baztan, France and each other. The Olsondo rises in Urdazubi / Urdax and flows into the Olabidea near the village, which is called Ugarana from here on.

Web links

Commons : Baztan  - 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).