Lantarón

Municipality in Basque Country, Spain

42°43′N 02°58′W / 42.717°N 2.967°W / 42.717; -2.967Country SpainAutonomous Community Basque CountryProvinceÁlavaComarcaCuadrilla de AñanaGovernment • MayorFrancisco Javier Uriarte JairoArea • Total61.77 km² (23.85 sq mi)Elevation488 m (1,601 ft)Population • Total872 • Density14/km² (37/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2))Postal codeWebsitewww.lantaron.org/

Lantarón is a town and municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain.

Villages

History

In the Middle Ages, Lantarón was the site of a fortress on the eastern edge of the Kingdom of León. In the ninth and tenth centuries the fortress was commanded by a series of counts, often in conjunction with that of Cerezo: Gonzalo Téllez (897), Munio Vélaz (919), Fernando Díaz (923) and Álvaro Herraméliz (929).

References

External links

• LANTARÓN in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (in Spanish)