Ataun
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ataun
| settlement_type = Municipality
| nicknames = Aralarko Atea, "El Paso" Gipuzkoarra
| motto =
| image_skyline = Ataun San Gregorio.jpg
| image_caption = Ataun Town
| image_shield = Escudo_de_Ataun.svg
| pushpin_map = Spain Basque Country#Spain
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Ataun within the Basque Country##Location of Ataun within Spain
| coordinates = {{Coord|42|58|41|N|2|10|53|W|region:ES_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Spain}}
| subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Basque Country}}
| subdivision_type2 = Province
| subdivision_name2 = Gipuzkoa
| subdivision_type3 = Eskualdea
| subdivision_name3 = Goierri
| seat_type =
| seat =
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 58.73
| established_title =
| established_date = 1615
| population_as_of = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
| population_footnotes = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
| population_total = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
| population_demonym = Ataundar
| population_note =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| blank_name_sec1 = Official language(s)
| blank_info_sec1 = Basque, Spanish
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Martin Aramendi
| leader_party = EH Bildu
| footnotes =
}}
Ataun is a town located at the foot of the Aralar Range in the Goierri region of the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the north of Spain. The town consists of three major parishes - San Martin, San Gregorio and Aia - along with several other minor boroughs.
Notable of Ataun
- Jose Migel Barandiaran, anthropologist, ethnographer and priest
References
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External links
- [http://www.ataun.eus Official Website] {{in lang|eu|es}}
- [http://www.euskomedia.org/euskomedia/SAunamendi?idi=en&op=7&voz=ATAUN ATAUN in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)] {{in lang|es}}
{{Goierri}}
{{Municipalities in Gipuzkoa}}
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Category:Municipalities in Gipuzkoa
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