Lazkao

See Lazcano (a variant shape) for fowk wi this surname.

Lazkao
Municipality
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Lazkao's location in Gipuzkoa.
Lazkao Location o Lazkao athin Spain
Coordinates: 43°2′16″N 2°11′14″W / 43.03778°N 2.18722°W / 43.03778; -2.18722Coordinates: 43°2′16″N 2°11′14″W / 43.03778°N 2.18722°W / 43.03778; -2.18722
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

• San Sebastián: 45 km
• Madrid: 428 km
• Barcelona: 507 km

• Nearest train station: In Beasain tae 2 km
• Communicatit wi roads to these touns: Olaberria, Ataun, Ordizia, Beasain.
• Bus stations throu aw the toun wi these lines:
  • Ataun-Lazkao-Beasain
  • Ataun-Lazkao-Ordizia-Zaldibia
  • San Sebastián-Logroño
  • San Sebastián-Pamplona
• Airports:
  • Airport o Hondarribia (San Sebastián): 58 km
  • Airport o Loiu (Bilbao): 86 km
  • Airport o Noain (Pamplona): 68 km
  • Airport o Foronda (Vitoria-Gasteiz): 83 km

• Toun Cooncil
  • Mayor: Azeari Sumakila Andonegi (Bildu)
  • Deputy-Mayor: Kepa Goenaga (Bildu)
  • Second Deputy-Mayor: Haizea Mendia (Bildu)
  • Third Deputy-Mayor: Inazio Estensoro (EAJ)
  • Fowert Deputy-Mayor: Andoitz Garmendia (Bildu)
  • Cooncillors:
    • Maialen Aldasoro (Bildu)
    • Arantxa Garmendia (Bildu)
    • Urtzi Iruin (Bildu)
    • Patxi Albisu (EAJ)
    • Ane Irastortza (EAJ)
    • Milagros Madrazo (EAJ)
    • Felix Urkola (EAJ)
    • Juan Manuel Serna (PSE-EE)

• Municipal Polis

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.

• Day o the Donkey (Basque: Astotxo Eguna)

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.

• Offeecial Wabsteid o the Ceety Cooncil (in Spaingie) (in Basque) (in Inglis) (in French)
• LAZKAO in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spaingie)
• Maizpide Euskaltegia - Barnetegia Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, Lazkao (a schuil teachin the Basque leid tae adults)