Salvatierra, Álava
| Salvatierra/Agurain | ||
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| Coordinates: 42°51′09″N 2°23′22″W / 42.85250°N 2.38944°WCoordinates: 42°51′09″N 2°23′22″W / 42.85250°N 2.38944°W | ||
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 Spain
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| Autonomous community |
 Basque Country
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| Province | Álava | |
| Comarca | Salvatierra | |
| Founded | In 1256 | |
| Government | ||
| • Alcalde | Iñaki Beraza (Basque Nationalist Party) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 37.77 km2 (14.58 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 605 m (1,985 ft) | |
| Population (2015) | ||
| • Total | 4,986 | |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Salvaterrano/Aguraindarra | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 01200, 01207 | |
| Website | Official website | |
Salvatierra in Spanish and Agurain in Basque (officially Agurain/Salvatierra), it is a town and municipality located in the province of Álava in the Basque Autonomous Community, northern Spain. The municipality, numbering 4,986 inhabitants (2015), is in turn the head town of the district or Cuadrilla of Salvatierra. The gross income per family amounts to 6,784 € (1997, Basque Autonomous Community: 8,258 €). With reference to workforce by economic sectors, 10.36% are employed in agriculture, 35.78% in the industry sector, 47.92% in the service sector and 5.95% in the construction industry (data not available for the municipality, applies to the larger Salvatierra District).
The council is headed by Mr Iñaki Beraza, member of the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV)
The municipality, located at the centre of the eastern Alavese Plains, comprises a core built-up area sitting on a low ridge (605 m high) and consisting of three historical streets that stretch out south to north, i.e. Zapatari, Mayor and Carnicería, which bear witness to ancient guild clusters. North and west at the feet of the ridge, two watercourses, the Santa Barbara and Zadorra, outlined the town's limits not time ago, while increasingly absorbed by the rapid urban development. Outside the walls of the town spread age old neighbourhoods, such as the Madura (Basque for 'swamp'), La Magdalena or San Jorge. On either side of the road connecting the 'Portal del Rey' (main south entrance to the town) and the train station, a sprawl developed in the 1950s and 1960s, called La Moncloa. The town keeps on growing east beside the Madura through new housing projects in the 2000s (decade), i.e. Harresi Parkea.
There are other minor nuclei (villages) dotting the outward lands of the municipality of Salvatierra as follows:
Agurain benefits from its location on the important European road axis N-1 E-5 E-80 and the Northern Railway, following that it developed industry since the early 20th century. In this respect, it is worth mentioning the one time stinky Curtidos Salvatierra S.A.L., a tanning factory, which provided not long ago work for so many inhabitants. Nowadays the town numbers three industrial estates, the two existing so far and a new one under construction, namely, Litutxipi across the train station, Agurain on the west (with PEM, former PUM Española, as its traditional flagship factory; maximum surface area for building 19,773 m2) and Galzar (urbanization works under way in 2008, maximum surface area for building 14,035 m2). The two latter industrial estates participate in a wider regional logistic scheme known as Vitoria Logistic Corridor.
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