Artziniega

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Artziniega

Total population

1,732

Coordinates43.12°, -3.13°

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

Overview

Artziniega is a town and municipality in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain. Located in the northwest of Araba, on the border with Burgos, Castile and León and Biscay, it was at the junction between the old Kingdom of Castile and the ports of the Bay of Biscay.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Y

Yñigo Ortiz de Retez

Spanish explorer

Iñaki Isasi

road bicycle racer

Fédérico Ezquerra

Spanish road bicycle racer (1909–1986)

José Manuel Esnal

Spanish football manager

G

Gregorio San Miguel

Spanish racing cyclist ( Basque Country )

C

Carmelo Morales

Spanish bicycle racer (1930-2003)

José Antonio de Echávarri

politician

V

Víctor Marro

Spanish association football player

D

Diego Vidal de Liendo

Spanish painter (1602-1648)

Eugenio de Llaguno y Amírola

Spanish politician and writer

C

Cesáreo Galíndez

Spanish businessman and sports leader

C

Cornelio de Palacio y Lanzagorta

Spanish politician (1788-1854)

Cristóbal de la Cámara y Murga

Enrique Aresti y Torres

Spanish businessperson and politician (1852-1946)

R

Ramón Gil de la Cuadra

Spanish politician (1775-1860)

Teresa Aranguren Amezola

Spanish journalist

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

Nearby places in Basque Country

• Okondo
  5.7 mi away
• Balmaseda
  6 mi away · pop. 7,578
• Aranguren
  6.2 mi away · pop. 1,912
• Güeñes
  6.3 mi away · pop. 1,819
• Zalla
  6.4 mi away
• Luiaondo
  6.7 mi away · pop. 1,225
• Sodupe
  6.7 mi away · pop. 4,143
• Laudio / Llodio
  8.5 mi away · pop. 18,063
• Galdames
  9.3 mi away · pop. 325
• Mercadillo
  9.8 mi away · pop. 878
• Urduña/Orduña
  10.6 mi away · pop. 3,616
• La Baluga
  10.6 mi away · pop. 971

Browse all places in Basque Country →

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

Autumn Ladies' Tresses

Spiranthes spiralis

Seen 2026-09-17

Meal moth

Pyralis farinalis

Seen 2026-09-15

Straw-barred Pearl

Pyrausta despicata

Seen 2026-09-14

Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Seen 2026-09-13

Oak Hook-tip

Watsonalla binaria

Seen 2026-09-06

Vestal

Rhodometra sacraria

Seen 2026-09-06

Rosy-striped Knot-horn

Oncocera semirubella

Seen 2026-09-06

Green Silver-lines

Pseudoips prasinana

Seen 2026-09-05

Pond Olive

Cloeon dipterum

Seen 2026-08-31

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

Official Identifiers