Iturrieta

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title: "Iturrieta" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["geography-of-álava", "farms-in-spain", "experimental-farms", "1948-establishments-in-the-basque-country-(autonomous-community)", "potato-organizations"] description: "Farm and common land in Álava, Spain" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iturrieta" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Farm and common land in Álava, Spain ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
name	Parzonería de Iturrieta
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settlement_type	Parzonería
official_name
native_name
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subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Spain
subdivision_type1	Autonomous community
subdivision_name1	Basque Country
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	Álava
subdivision_type3	Comarca
subdivision_name3	Montaña Alavesa
seat_type
coordinates
elevation_m	987
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	10.64
population_density_km2	auto
blank_name_sec1	Official language(s)
blank_info_sec1	Basque
Spanish
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code
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Etymology

The name is composed of iturri, the Basque word for "spring" or "source"; plus the common toponymic suffix -eta. Thus, the placename literally means "place with fountains" or "the fountains".

History

The area has a large number of prehistoric megalithic monuments, but their dating is uncertain.

The first mention of Iturrieta was in 1563. By that time, the village was already abandoned, with its lands and St. Mary's chapel (the former parish church) managed jointly by the neighboring villages of Salvatierra, San Vicente de Arana, Kontrasta, Ullíbarri-Arana, Alda, Onraita and Róitegui.

On 27 May 1803, the authorities ordered the demolition of the chapel. The image it housed was first moved to the nearby Santa Teodosia chapel. Only two years later, in 1805, the neighboring villages decided to draw the image among themselves in order to avoid potential disputes. The hamlet of Onraita was selected, where the image still remains.

In 1933, during the Second Spanish Republic, the government tasked José María Díaz de Mendívil with devising a plan to improve the agricultural output of the province. A plot of land in the Parzonería de Iturrieta was selected as the location of the , commonly known as the . The location was chosen due to its high altitude, which makes the risk of viruses infecting the cultivars less likely.

The project was resumed after the civil war, with the currently existing chapel starting construction in 1946 and the farm starting operations in 1948. The Monumento al Patatero was built next to the chapel in 1984.

As of 2022, the farm is operated by NEIKER, an organism of the Basque Government dedicated to research in agronomy. Iturrieta is also the site of small observatory operated by the Sociedad Astronómica de Álava with MPC code J44.

Administration

The Parzonería de Iturrieta is a common land, conterminous with the ** 608. It is shared by the municipality of Salvatierra and the concejos of Alda, Kontrasta, San Vicente de Arana, Ullíbarri-Arana, Róitegui and Onraita. Its territory is unincorporated, not being part of any municipality. Despite often being shown in maps as part of the neighboring Parzonería de Entzia (another common land), it is a different entity.

Notable people

• Pilar Unzalu (1957–2021), member of the Congress of Deputies

References

References

1. (July 2014). "Designación de la Zona Especial de Conservación Entzia (ES2110022)". Dirección de Medio Natural y Planificación Ambiental del Departamento de Medio Ambiente y Política Territorial.
2. (2008). "Etymological Dictionary of Basque". [[University of Sussex]].
3. (March 2020). "La naturaleza en la toponimia española VI". Flora Montiberica.
4. "Unidades de paisaje: Montes de Iturrieta, Sierra de Entzia y Urbasa". Basque Government.
5. "Gaztalamendi".
6. (1989). "Toponimia alavesa, seguido de mortuorios o despoblados y pueblos alaveses". [[Euskaltzaindia]].
7. "Granja de Iturrieta". Eusko Ikaskuntza.
8. "Iturrieta". Eusko Ikaskuntza.
9. "Nuestra Historia - Desde 1851". [[Basque Government]].
10. (24 April 1999). "Entre Iturrieta y el valle de Arana". [[El País]].
11. (9 May 2022). "Esta madrugada se podrá ver un eclipse lunar total desde Euskal Herria". EITB.
12. "List Of Observatory Codes". [[International Astronomical Union]].
13. (28 July 2014). "Aprobación definitiva de los estatutos de la Parzonería de Iturrieta". BOTHA.
14. "Unzalu Pérez de Eulate, Pilar". Eusko Ikaskuntza.

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