Álava (Senate constituency)

Aríñez or Ariñiz (Ariz in Basque) is a village in Álava, Basque Country, Spain. It is part of the Victorian Southwest Rural Zone, and it has 116 inhabitants. Aríñez lies 8.5 km West of Vitoria-Gasteiz, next to the A-102 highway, a branch of the A-1 (Madrid-Irún) expressway. Its most representative building is the San Julián y Santa Basilisa Parochial Church, which combines the renaissance and baroque styles. These saints' celebrations take place on 9 January, and Saint Thomas's celebrations take place on 21 December.

Álava (Basque: Araba) is one of the 52 constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Congress of Deputies, the lower chamber of the Spanish parliament, the Cortes Generales. The constituency currently elects four deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Álava. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of three percent.

Álava (Basque: Araba) is one of the three constituencies (Spanish: circunscripciones) represented in the Basque Parliament, the regional legislature of the Basque Autonomous Community. The constituency currently elects 25 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Álava. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of three percent.

Lermanda is a hamlet and concejo in the municipality of Vitoria-Gasteiz, in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain. The hamlet has been surrounded by the growth of the Jundiz industrial park.

Álava (IPA: [ˈalaβa] in Spanish) or Araba (Basque pronunciation: [aˈɾaba]), 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 capital city, Vitoria-Gasteiz, is also the seat of the political main institutions of the Basque Autonomous Community. It borders the Basque provinces of Biscay and Gipuzkoa to the north, the community of La Rioja to the south, the province of Burgos (in the community of Castile and León) to the west and the community of Navarre to the east. The Enclave of Treviño, surrounded by Alavese territory, is however part of the province of Burgos, thus belonging to the autonomous community of Castile and León, not Álava. It is the largest of the three provinces in the Basque Autonomous Community in geographical terms, with 3,037 km2, but also the least populated with 331,700 inhabitants (2019).

Margarita (Basque pronunciation: [marɣaɾita], Spanish pronunciation: [maɾɣaˈɾita]) is a hamlet and concejo located in the municipality of Vitoria-Gasteiz, in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain.

Gometxa (Basque pronunciation: [gometʃa], Spanish: Gomecha [gomeˈtʃa]) is a hamlet and concejo located in the municipality of Vitoria-Gasteiz, in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain.

Krispiña (Basque pronunciation: [kɾisˈpiɲa]) or Crispijana (Spanish pronunciation: [kɾispiˈxana]) is a hamlet and concejo located in the municipality of Vitoria-Gasteiz, in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain.

The Ciudad Deportiva José Luis Compañón (José Luis Compañón Sport City / Basque: José Luis Compañón Kirol Hiria), also known as Instalaciones de Ibaia (Ibaia Facilities / Basque: Ibaia instalazioak) after the name of its semi-rural location, is the primary training ground of Spanish professional football club Deportivo Alavés, located in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava (Basque Country).

Asteguieta (Basque: Aztegieta) is a village and concejo in the municipality of Vitoria-Gasteiz, in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain. It is located next to the Zadorra river.

Eskibel (Spanish: Esquíbel) is a village in Álava, Basque Country, Spain. It forms part of the Southwestern Rural Zone of Vitoria-Gasteiz. It is situated 7.5 km (4.7 mi) southwest of the city in a small valley surrounded by the Mountains of Vitoria. Always sparsely populated, in the early 19th century it had only 22 inhabitants, in 1960 it had 10, and as of 2023 it has only 2. The village comprises a few small buildings and the ruins of the Church of San Lorenzo (Saint Lawrence). A medieval statue, known as the Virgin of Eskibel, was salvaged from the church ruins and can now be seen at the Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art in Vitoria-Gasteiz. Despite having the status of concejo, the elections scheduled for 2013 and 2017 were not held due to a lack of candidates.Eskibel was the site of fighting in the Spanish War of Independence in the early 19th century and later during the Second Carlist War, when Vitoria was sieged by the Carlists. The Castillo de Gomecha at Eskibel is the remains of an old fortified watch tower.

The Tower of Mendoza (Spanish: Torre de Mendoza, Basque: Mendoza dorretxea) is a tower located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1984. The tower is strategically located between the roads of Old Castile and the Ebro river. The Tower of Mendoza is a fortified tower located in the village of Mendoza, near Vitoria-Gasteiz (Álava, País Vasco, Spain). It was built in the thirteenth century as a residence of the House of Mendoza.