Alonsotegi
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Alonsotegi is a town and municipality
located in the province of Biscay
, in the autonomous community of Basque Country
, northern Spain
. It has a population of 2,835 people.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the province of Biscay
Biscay
Biscay is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lord of Biscay. Its capital city is Bilbao...
, in the autonomous community of Basque Country
Basque Country (autonomous community)
The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....
, northern Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. It has a population of 2,835 people.
Notable people
- Fray Martín de Coscojales, monk
- Fray Miguel de Alonsótegui , monk
- Iñigo UrkulluIñigo UrkulluIñigo Urkullu Renteria is a Basque politician from Alonsotegi . Titulated by University of Deusto in Basque filology. He is the Basque Nationalist Party chairman since 2008 . He was the Biscay leader of the party from 2004 to 2008...
(1961-), politician - Andoni Goikoetxea (1956-), former footballer, turned manager
- Marcelino Bilbao BilbaoMarcelino Bilbao BilbaoMarcelino Bilbao Bilbao is a former lieutenant in the Isaac Puente battalion of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo of the Basque Country and survivor of Mauthausen concentration camp and the Ebensee concentration camp.-References:...
(1920 -), military figure