Karrantza
Encyclopedia
Karrantza in Basque
or Carranza in Spanish
is a town and municipality
located in the province of Biscay
, in the autonomous community of Basque Country
, northern Spain
. The official name is "Valle de Carranza".
Karrantza is a lush green valley located in the westernmost part of the Basque Country
. It is the municipality with the largest area in Biscay. The main river is the Carranza, which joins the Asón. Other minor rivers in the vally are the Seco, Callejo, de las Escaleras, Bernales, Cuadro and Presa. The municipality has nearly fifty barrios—villages and hamlets—spread throughout the valley, most important among them, Ambasaguas, with the largest population and the site of the Carranza train station, and Concha, the site of the municipal hall.
Film director Víctor Erice
was born there.
Basque language
Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...
or Carranza in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
is a town and municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the province of Biscay
Biscay
Biscay is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lord of Biscay. Its capital city is Bilbao...
, in the autonomous community of Basque Country
Basque Country (autonomous community)
The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....
, northern Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. The official name is "Valle de Carranza".
Basque Country (autonomous community)
The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....
. It is the municipality with the largest area in Biscay. The main river is the Carranza, which joins the Asón. Other minor rivers in the vally are the Seco, Callejo, de las Escaleras, Bernales, Cuadro and Presa. The municipality has nearly fifty barrios—villages and hamlets—spread throughout the valley, most important among them, Ambasaguas, with the largest population and the site of the Carranza train station, and Concha, the site of the municipal hall.
Film director Víctor Erice
Víctor Erice
Víctor Erice Aras is a Spanish film director.He studied law, political science, and economics at the University of Madrid. He also attended the Escuela Oficial de Cinematografia in 1963 to study film direction...
was born there.