Valdegovía/Gaubea

Valdegovía Gaubea (Basque)
Municipality
Location of Valdegovía/Gaubea within Álava Province Location of Valdegovía/Gaubea within Álava Province
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	País Vasco
Province	Álava
Comarca	Cuadrilla de Añana
Government
• Alcalde	Juan Carlos Ramírez-Escudero (EAJ-PNV)
Area
• Total	244.06 km2 (94.23 sq mi)
Elevation	553 m (1,814 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,106
• Density	4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	01426 / 01427
Official language(s)	Basque, Spanish
Website	Official website

File:CastilloAstulez.jpg

Castle in Astúlez, a village that does not belong to any Concejo and is administered directly by the Valdegovía/Gaubea municipality

Valdegovía/Gaubea (Spanish: Valdegovía, Basque: Gaubea) is a town and municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country (autonomous community), northern Spain.

The town-hall is located in Villanueva de Valdegovía. There is a factory producing mantecadas in Tuesta.

Villages

The municipal term includes 30 small villages, some of which are grouped in Concejos:

• Acebedo
• Astúlez
• Bachicabo
• Barrio
• Basabe
• Bóveda
• Caranca y Mioma, Concejo formed by Caranca and Mioma villages
• Karkamu (Cárcamo)
• Corro
• Espejo
• Fresneda
• Guinea
• Gurendes-Quejo, Concejo formed by Gurendes and Quejo
• Nograro
• Osma
• Pinedo
• Quintanilla
• Tobillas
• Tuesta
• Valderejo, Concejo formed by Lahoz, Lalastra, Ribera and Villamardones
• Valluerca
• Villamaderne, includes Bellojín village
• Villanañe
• Villanueva de Valdegovía, main town

Gallery

• VaronakoDorretxea.jpg

  Varona tower-house in Villanañe

• IglesiaBellojin.jpg

  Bellojín church

• IglesiaRibera02.JPG

  Mural paintings in the Ribera church

External links

• VALDEGOVÍA / GAUBEA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (Spanish)