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Elgoibar
Sign in to saveElgoibar () is an industrial town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain. Located in a valley, it is traversed by the Deba river. Elgoibar is nicknamed the "capital city of the Machine tool".
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Elgoibar
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Elgoibarko udaletxea.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Town hall of Elgoibar
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera_de_Elgoibar.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo_de_Elgoibar ornamentado.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain Basque Country#Spain
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- Location of Elgoibar within the Basque Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Spain
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Basque Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Gipuzkoa
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Debabarrena
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Maialen Gurrutxaga (PNV)
- Settlement.established_date
- December 20, 1346
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Elgoibar () is an industrial town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain. Located in a valley, it is traversed by the Deba river. Elgoibar is nicknamed the "capital city of the Machine tool".
Originally the town was called Villamayor de Marquina, but it had been founded in a place called before Elgoibar field. The town came to be known by this name a few centuries of its foundation. Until the mid-15th century it appears in the documentation as Villamayor de Marquina, but in the statutes of the Brotherhood of Gipuzkoa of 1457 and 1463 years appears with the Elgoibar name and it has prevailed until today. Elgoibar name has been used in Spanish and in Basque in order to refer to the small town. The only difference is that in Spanish the name Elgoibar has an accent mark above its "o".