Amezketa

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Amezketa

Total population

453

Founded

1615

Elevation215 m

Land area20.58 km²

Coordinates43.05°, -2.09°

Demographic figures from INE (Spain). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Amezketa is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Autonomous Community, in the North of Spain. It is located at the foot of Txindoki.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

M

Mikel Lasa

Spanish footballer

J

José Nazabal

Spanish road bicycle racer

A

Antton Ibarguren

Spanish politician (1949-1989)

Lazkao Txiki

Basque farmer

A

Aratz Mendizabal

Spanish pelotari

F

Francisco Ignacio Lardizábal

Basque writer

J

José Adriano de Lizarralde

Spanish writer (1884-1935)

José Ramón Soroiz

Spanish actor

Juan Ignacio de Iztueta

Basque writer (1767-1845)

A

Ainhoa Garmendia

Spanish opera singer

Aitziber Garmendia

Spanish actress

F

Fernando Mendizabal

Izaro Iraeta

Basque TV presenter

J

Jon Aitor Esnaola Dorronsoro

Basque rural sportsman, competetive woodchopper

Jose Frantzisko Erauskin Garmendia

J

Juan Domingo Goitia Garmendia

Spanish writer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Basque Country

• Abaltzisketa
  0.9 mi away · pop. 116
• Gaintza
  2.3 mi away · pop. 123
• Orendain
  2.5 mi away · pop. 148
• Baliarrain
  2.5 mi away · pop. 107
• Zaldibia
  3.2 mi away · pop. 1,258
• Ikaztegieta
  3.6 mi away · pop. 416
• Legorreta
  3.9 mi away · pop. 1,285
• Arama
  4.1 mi away · pop. 109
• Itsasondo
  4.2 mi away · pop. 656
• Lizartza
  4.6 mi away · pop. 539
• Ordizia
  4.6 mi away · pop. 10,504
• Orexa
  5 mi away · pop. 103

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

European holly

Ilex aquifolium

Seen 2026-09-25

European beech

Fagus sylvatica

Seen 2026-09-25

chicken of the woods

Laetiporus sulphureus

Seen 2026-09-20

Vipera aspis zinnikeri

Vipera aspis zinnikeri

Seen 2026-09-20

Autumn Crocus

Crocus nudiflorus

Seen 2026-09-13

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-06

Western Barn Owl

Tyto alba

Seen 2026-09-02

enchanter's-nightshade

Circaea lutetiana

Seen 2026-09-02

Podarcis

Podarcis

Seen 2026-09-01

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).