Murgia (, ) is a village and '' concejo'' located in the municipality of

Zuia Zuia () is a town and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, northern Spain. History The first mention of the Zuia Valley is in the document from the ...

, in

Álava Álava () or Araba (), officially Araba/Álava, is a Provinces of Spain, province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, heir of the ancient Basque señoríos#Lords of Álava, Lordship ...

province, Basque Country,

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. It is the capital of the municipality as well as of the

Cuadrilla de Gorbeialdea Gorbeialdea is a ''comarca'' of the province of Álava, Basque Country, Spain. The capital is Murgia, in the municipality of Zuia Zuia () is a town and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Co ...

. The main road in the village is Domingo de Sautu Street. The Goba River separates a neighborhood called The Cross from the centre of the village. To the north is

Sarria Sarria is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwestern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Sarria. Sarria is the most populous town on the French Way in Galicia, with 13,700 inhabitants and the m ...

, to the northeast Zarate, to the southeast

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, to the southwest

Bitoriano Bitoriano (, ; ) is a hamlet and '' concejo'' located in the municipality of Zuia, in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories ...

, and to the west Ametzaga.

Demographics

Notable people

Mikel Landa Mikel Landa Meana (born 13 December 1989) is a Spanish Basques, Basque professional road bicycle racing, road cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . His career breakthrough came at the 2015 Giro d'Italia where he won two stages and finished third ...

(born 1989), cyclist *

Unai Simón Unai Simón Mendibil (born 11 June 1997) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Athletic Bilbao and the Spain national team. Simón has spent his entire club career with Athletic, developing with their youth academy ...

(born 1997), footballer

References

External links

* Concejos in Zuia {{BasqueCountry-geo-stub