Luiaondo is a village and council in the municipality of Ayala, in

Álava Álava ( in Spanish) or Araba (), officially Araba/Álava, is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Álava, former medieval Catholic bishopric and now Latin titular see. Its c ...

, Basque Country,

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Geography

Luiaondo is 25 km from

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and 45 km from Vitoria, accessible by road, rail, and bus. The village contains the Luiaondo station on the C-3 line of

Cercanías Bilbao Cercanías Bilbao (Basque: ''Bilboko Aldiriak'') is a commuter rail network in Bilbao, serving the city and its metropolitan area. It is operated by Cercanías, as part of Renfe, the national railway company. It consists of three lines, named C ...

. It also has an urban transport service. Luiaondo has services such as a restaurant, bars, grocery stores, a tobacco store, a covered fronton, and a bowling alley.

History

The Malato Tree was formerly found in the village which marked the limits of the

Lordship of Biscay The Lordship of Biscay ( es, Señorío de Vizcaya, Basque: ''Bizkaiko jaurerria'') was a region under feudal rule in the region of Biscay in the Iberian Peninsula between 1040 and 1876, ruled by a political figure known as the Lord of Biscay. On ...

and is the tree that appears on the Biscay coat of arms. In the 18th century, a stone cross was erected in the place where the tree was supposedly found. Populated places in Álava {{Basque-geo-stub