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
- ^ National Statistics Institute (13 December 2025). “Municipal Register of Spain of 2025”.
- ^ “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.
External links
Media related to Alegría-Dulantzi at Wikimedia Commons
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