Zegama, Province of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain

Nature and culture | Economy

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Zegama, popularly known as "The shadow of Aizkorri", is a town and municipality in the Goierri region of the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, northern Spain.

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Nature and culture Zegama's main characteristic is its natural location as the last Gipuzkoan town up the valley of river Oria, very close to the Aizkorri-Aratz Natural Park, in which the highest mountain in the Basque Autonomous Community can be found, the popular Aizkorri summit (1,528 m), located at the same name mountain range towering over the whole area. The Oria river, the longest one in the province of Gipuzkoa, rises in several springs and their corresponding streams flowing down the dramatic slopes of the valley that merge in a main stream before the nucleus of the town. The southern Otzaurte hamlet stands on the dividing line of the waters running onto the Mediterranean watershed and those flowing north to the Atlantic through the Oria river.

The historic Way of St James, namely the stretch called the Tunnel Route, passes through the town, the municipality and the Park since the Middle Ages. Pilgrims exit the town heading south up the slopes, so reaching the San Adrian tunnel after 5ย km, where backpackers and hikers may gain access to the plains of Alava, the Urbia fields or the summits of the rugged Aizkorri mountain range.

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Economy The main economic activities are those related to industry, but agriculture does still exist. Cattle, especially sheep, graze on the sides of the mountainous terrain, following a tradition of millennia, as attested by old traces and megalithic vestiges that bear witness to the activity. The grazing provides the basis for the production of the much appreciated and highly regarded Idiazabal cheese elaborated and labelled as such on the whole Aizkorri-Aratz area and the Basque mountains.

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Zegama has a population of over 1,553 people. Zegama also forms part of the wider Goierri comarca which has a population of over 44,038 people.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Zegama has links with:

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Zug, Western Sahara
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Antipodal to Zegama is: 177.71,-42.987

Locations Near: Zegama -2.29,42.9872

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Zarauz -2.167,43.283 d: 34.4  

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Zarautz -2.167,43.283 d: 34.4  

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Durango -2.627,43.172 d: 34.2  

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Vitoria Gasteiz -2.683,42.85 d: 35.5  

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Vitoria-Gasteiz -2.684,42.842 d: 35.9  

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Vitoria -2.684,42.842 d: 35.9  

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Estella -2.017,42.667 d: 42  

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Donostia / San Sebastiรกn -1.975,43.313 d: 44.3  

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Donostia-San Sebastiรกn -1.975,43.313 d: 44.3  

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ San Sebastiรกn -1.978,43.317 d: 44.6  

Antipodal to: Zegama 177.71,-42.987

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Masterton 175.664,-40.95 d: 19732.4  

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 19713.9  

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19712  

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19712  

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Palmerston North 175.61,-40.357 d: 19674.6  

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 19707.2  

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Porirua 174.84,-41.131 d: 19700.9  

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Hastings 176.843,-39.645 d: 19636.5  

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Napier 176.9,-39.505 d: 19622  

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Whanganui 175.05,-39.932 d: 19609.4  

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