Lazkao | |
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Municipality | |
Lazkao's location in Gipuzkoa. | |
Coordinates: 43°2′16″N 2°11′14″W / 43.03778°N 2.18722°WCoordinates: 43°2′16″N 2°11′14″W / 43.03778°N 2.18722°W | |
Kintra | Spain |
Autonomous commonty | Basque Kintra |
Province | Gipuzkoa |
Region | Goierri |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Azeari Sumakila Andonegi (Bildu) |
Area | |
• Total | 11.4 km2 (4.4 sq mi) |
Elevation | 160 m (520 ft) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 5,409 |
• Density | 449.34/km2 (1,163.8/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | GMT |
Website | http://www.lazkao.net |
Lazkao (Spaingie: Lazcano) is a toun an municipality locatit in the Goierri region o the province o Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Autonomous Commonty in Northren Spain.
Lazkao is locatit in the Soothren Basque Kintra, in the province o Gipuzkoa, Spain. Lazkao lees in a lush valley. Tae its north are Beasain an Ordizia; tae the sooth are Idiazabal an Ataun; tae the east Zaldibia an tae the wast Olaberria.
Distances tae important places
The municipal polis force in Lazkao (in Basque Udaltzaingoa), haes fower polismen, twa polis caurs an a motorbike. The polis station is locatit in the grund floor o the toun haw o Lazkao. The municipal polis o Lazkao carries oot these duties: traffec, notifications, wirks control, organization o the toun mercat, lost objects, etc.
Mony Basque historians think that Lazkao wis foondit in 1053.
Twa men wur shot in Lazkao durin the Spaingie Ceevil War.
In 2005, a Benedictine monk o the toun wis arrestit bi the Spaingie Naitional Polis an bi the Guardia Civil. They thocht that the monk haed connections wi the Basque separatist group ETA. In 2006, ETA explodes a bomb in the company Azkar, acause Azkar did no pay the revolutionar tax tae the group.
2007 wis the seicont anniversar o bicentenar o the arrival o the Benedictine monks tae the toun. Celebratit bi the Deputy-General o Gipuzkoa an bi Juan Jose Ibarretxe, the Lehendakari (Basque Prime Meenister) o the Basque Autonomous Commonty.
Ivery first Sunday in Januar. On this day, the Flicht tae Egyp is performit throuoot the street o the toun.
This Biblical passage wis first performit in Lazkao the 17t hunderyear. Nouadays, the Nuns o the Covent o Lazkao continue tae sell the tradeetional wafers for this event.
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