Alegría-Dulantzi

Municipality in Spain

Municipality in Basque Country, Spain

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42°50′39″N 2°30′43″W / 42.84417°N 2.51194°W / 42.84417; -2.51194CountrySpainAutonomous communityBasque CountryProvinceÁlavaComarcaLlanada AlavesaGovernment

• MayorJoseba Koldo Garitagoitia Odria (AIA)Area

• Total19.95 km² (7.70 sq mi)Elevation

567 m (1,860 ft)Population

(2018)^[1]

• Total2,887 • Density140/km² (370/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

01193, 01240

Official language(s)Basque
SpanishWebsiteOfficial website

Alegría-Dulantzi (Spanish: Alegría [aleˈɣɾi.a], Basque: Dulantzi [dulants̻i]),^[2] formerly known in Spanish as Alegría de Álava, is a village and municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain. It is located at some 14 km (8.7 mi) from the provincial capital, Vitoria-Gasteiz.

The Battle of Alegría de Álava took place here in 1834.^[3]

Geography

Administrative subdivisions

Alegría-Dulantzi is divided into 2 villages, both of them organized as concejos. By far the larger of the two is the municipal centre and township of Alegría-Dulantzi itself, which accounts for some 95% of the municipality's population. The other one is Egileta, an exclave located to the southeast.

Official name	Basque name	Spanish name	Population (2021)^[4]	Area (km²)
Alegría-Dulantzi	Dulantzi	Alegría	2,813	15.46
Egileta	Egileta	Eguileta	112	4.37

References

^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ "150. arauaː Arabako herri izendegia" (PDF). Euskaltzaindia (in Basque). Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ Garate Goñi, Alberto. "ALEGRÍA-DULANTZI, Historia". Auñamendi Encyclopedia (in Spanish). Eusko Ikaskuntza. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "Nomenclátor: Núcleos". Entidades Locales de Álava (in Spanish). Diputación Foral de Álava. p. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022.