Lanciego/Lantziego

Its name derives from Lantzeaga (place of culture) and Lantze = cultivate.

• Name — Lanciego / Lantziego • Settlement Type — Municipality • Official Name — Lantziego • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Spain • Subdivision Type1 — Autonomous community • Subdivision Name1 — País Vasco • Subdivision Type2 — Province • Subdivision Name2 — Álava • Subdivision Type3 — Eskualdea / Comarca • Subdivision Name3 — Rioja Alavesa • Elevation M — 541 • Area Total Km2 — 24.20 • Established Title — Founded • Established Date — 1630 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Blank Name Sec1 — Official languages • Blank Info Sec1 — Basque, Spanish • Timezone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 • Timezone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset Dst — +2 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 01308 • Area Code Type — Dialing code • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Alfonso Luis González Eguilaz • Leader Party — EAJ-PNV • Website — www.lanciego.org

• The church of San Acisclo y Santa Victoria. • The Hermitage of La Virgen del Campo.

• The public open air swimming pools. • The municipal leisure centre. • The old Frontón.

Lanciego (in Basque Lantziego), located in Rioja Alavesa, settles on a relatively flat area, in a small vale at the feet of the Cantabrian Sierra. It is watered by several creeks and is surrounded by lush vineyards from which the majority of local income is made. From its origin until the year 1630 it was a part of the jurisdiction of Laguardia, and in 1630 it obtained the title of town. The first documented appearance of the municipality is in the year 1257 and in 1366 its demographic information is first documented, being a part of the kingdom of Navarre.

• Sebastián Iradier (1809–1865), Spanish Basque composer who wrote the song La Paloma