Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas

Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas
Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas
Coat of arms of Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas
Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas is located in the Basque Country
Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas
Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas
Location in Spain
Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas is located in Spain
Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas
Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas
Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas (Spain)
Coordinates: 43°10′29.2″N 2°24′42.2″W / 43.174778°N 2.411722°W / 43.174778; -2.411722
Country Spain
Autonomous community País Vasco
ProvinceGipuzkoa
EskualdeaDebabarrena
Founded15 October 1343
Government
 • AlcaldeIker Aldazabal (Basque Nationalist Party)
Area
 • Total14.22 km2 (5.49 sq mi)
Elevation
111 m (364 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total3,894
 • Density270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Placentino, -na; Soraluzetarra
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
20590
Official language(s)Basque and Spanish
WebsiteOfficial website

Soraluze (Basque) or Placencia de las Armas (Spanish), officially Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas, is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country, Spain.

The town of Placencia de las Armas has been involved since its foundation in the manufacture of weapons of all kinds. At its founding in 1343, it called Placencia Soraluze then in the fifteenth century it added "las Armas" or "weapons" to its name in reference to its main industry. In this village the Royal Guns Factory ended weapons manufacturing in the middle of the twentieth century.

Its coat of arms consists of the following elements: a field of gules a castle battlements three gold exiting their respective sides small white flags with the cross of Burgundy. The field is surrounded by a rope whose sides have two lions and various weapons. The head of a crown has 9 points.

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.