- Alegría de Álava
Alegría-Dulantzi ("Dulantzi" in Basque and "Alegría de Álava" in Spanish) is a town and
municipality located in the province ofÁlava , in the Basque Country, northernSpain .The municipality is located some 14 km from the provincial capital,
Vitoria-Gasteiz . It has an area of 19.95 km², and a population (2004) of some 1,919 inhabitants.Alegría de Álava municipality is divided into two sub-areas, or communes ("concejos"). By far the larger of the two is the municipal centre and township of Alegría de Álava itself, which accounts for some 95% of the municipality's population. The municipality also controls a smallexclave located to the southeast, called Eguileta, which is surrounded by a neighbouring municipality.The
Battle of Alegría de Álava took place here in 1834.External links
* [http://www.Alegria-Dulantzi.net/ Alegría de Álava official website] of the local government authority
* [http://www.euskomedia.org/euskomedia/SAunamendi?idi=en&op=7&voz=ALEGRÍA-DULANTZI ALEGRÍA DE ÁLAVA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia] Information available in Spanish
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