Gorbeialdea

Gorbeialdea^[a] is a comarca of the province of Álava, Basque Country, Spain. The capital is Murgia, in the municipality of Zuia.

Gorbeialdea
Comarca
Coat of arms
Location within Álava
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Basque Country
Province	Álava
Seat	Murgia
Government
• President of the Council	Xabier Álvarez de Arkaia[1]
Area
• Total	461.58 km2 (178.22 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	10,011
• Density	22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Municipalities

Municipality	Population (2021)	Surface (in km²)
Aramaio	1,457	73.27
Arratzua-Ubarrundia	1,017	57.41
Legutio	1,997	45.85
Urkabustaiz	1,420	60.49
Zigoitia	1,802	102.07
Zuia	2,318	122.49
Total	10,011	461.58

Notes

1. Basque pronunciation: [gorβei.aldea], Spanish pronunciation: [ɡoɾbeʝalˈdea]. Formally in Basque: Gorbeialdeako kuadrilla, Spanish: Cuadrilla de Gorbeialdea. Until 2016, it was officially known as Zuia (unoficially in Spanish: Zuya).^[3]

References

1. "Xabier Álvarez de Arkaia es el nuevo presidente de la Cuadrilla Gorbeialdea". Noticias de Álava (in Spanish). 6 July 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
2. "Nomenclátor: Cuadrillas". Entidades Locales de Álava (in Spanish). Diputación Foral de Álava. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
3. Puelles, Josu (17 May 2016). "La cuadrilla de Zuya se rebautiza como Gorbeialdea". GasteizHoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.

External links

• Official website