Markinez
{{short description|Hamlet in Álava, Spain}}
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|settlement_type = Concejo
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Spain
|subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community
|subdivision_name1 = Basque Country
|subdivision_type2 = Province
|subdivision_name2 = Álava
|subdivision_type3 = Comarca
|subdivision_name3 = Montaña Alavesa
|subdivision_type4 = Municipality
|subdivision_name4 = Bernedo
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|area_total_km2 = 23.97
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|population_as_of = 2022
|population_total = 73
|population_density_km2 = auto
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|elevation_m = 692
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|postal_code = 01216
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Markinez ({{langx|es|Marquínez}}, alternatively in {{langx|eu|Markiz}}){{cite book |last1=Salaberri Zaratiegi |first1=Patxi |title=Araba/Álava: Los nombres de nuestros pueblos |date=2015 |publisher=Euskaltzaindia |isbn=978-84-944512-0-1 |page=272 |url=https://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/dok/iker_jagon_tegiak/80204.pdf |access-date=3 November 2023 |language=es}} is a hamlet and concejo located in the municipality of Bernedo, in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain. It was an independent municipality until 1961, when it was merged with Arluzea to form Arlucea-Marquínez. In turn, this municipality was merged into Bernedo in 1976.{{cite web |title=Variaciones de los municipios de España desde 1842 |url=http://bergondo.gal/uploads/media/Var_municip_desde_1842_01.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Public Administrations |access-date=3 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405155118/http://bergondo.gal/uploads/media/Var_municip_desde_1842_01.pdf |archive-date=5 April 2018 |page=9 |language=es |date=October 2008 |url-status=dead}} The {{ill|Chapel of San Juan, Markinez|es|Ermita de San Juan (Marquínez)|lt=chapel of San Juan}}, located next to the hamlet, is catalogued as a bien de interés cultural.{{cite web |title=Ermita de San Juan de Markinez y Cuevas Artificiales |url=https://alavaturismo.eus/es/cueva-de-markinez |website=Álava Turismo |access-date=3 November 2023 |language=es}}
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