Cerca de Villaño

Cerca de Villaño
Cerca de Villaño
Enclave and exclave
	A ruined house in the exclave
	Cerca de Villaño Location within the Basque Country
	Coordinates: 42°58′09″N 3°07′21″W / 42.96917°N 3.12250°W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Basque Country
Province	Biscay
Comarca	Arratia-Nerbioi
Municipality	Orduña
Area
• Total	0.36 ha (0.89 acres)
Elevation	807 m (2,648 ft)

The Cerca de Villaño (Basque: Villañoko esparrua^[2]) is a small exclave belonging to Orduña, itself an exclave of Biscay (a province of the Basque Country, Spain). It is located in Villaño, a hamlet in Valle de Losa, Burgos. Its area and limits aren't known with certainty, and due to its small size and obscurity it isn't shown in most maps.^[3]

The early history of the enclave is unclear, but it was part of Orduña by the early sixteenth century.^[1] The municipal authorities of Orduña used to visit the exclave regularly until 1951 in order to check the border markers.^[4] Around the same time, in 1950, the few inhabitants of the enclave were registered as inhabitants of Valle de Losa, and the exclave fell into obscurity.^[5]

In 2015, a member of the Juntas Generales of Biscay requested the Biscayan government to reaffirm the exclave's status as part of Biscay, but his proposal was rejected.^[6] In 2022, the municipality of Orduña started the procedures to survey the exclave and include it in its urban planning documentation.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b García Galán, Nicolás (2017). "Territorios separados en España: origen y situación actual" (PDF). Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie VI Geografía (in Spanish) (10): 151–153. doi:10.5944/etfvi.10.2017.18696. ISSN 1130-2968. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
^ "Villañoko Esparrua - Places - EODA". Euskaltzaindia. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
^ Errazti, Izaskun (14 December 2017). "El cachito de Bizkaia que está en Burgos y no sale en los mapas". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2022.
^ Garayo Urruela, Jesús Mª (1994). "La Cerca de Villaño: enclavado del municipio de Orduña en la provincia de Burgos". Boletín de la Real Sociedad Bascongada de Amigos del País (in Spanish) (1): 197–208. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
^ "Orduña investiga su jurisdicción sobre La Cerca de Villaño". Diario de Burgos (in Spanish). 25 March 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
^ "Los grupos junteros se citan en la próxima legislatura para eliminar las cesantías de los altos cargos forales". Europa Press (in Spanish). Bilbao. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
^ Loza, Gonzalo (21 March 2022). "La 'cerca de Villaño' en medio de Burgos, más cerca de ser oficialmente Bizkaia". Cadena SER (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2022.

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[GG-1] García Galán, Nicolás (2017). "Territorios separados en España: origen y situación actual" (PDF). Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie VI Geografía (in Spanish) (10): 151–153. doi:10.5944/etfvi.10.2017.18696. ISSN 1130-2968. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

[2] "Villañoko Esparrua - Places - EODA". Euskaltzaindia. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

[3] Errazti, Izaskun (14 December 2017). "El cachito de Bizkaia que está en Burgos y no sale en los mapas". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2022.

[4] Garayo Urruela, Jesús Mª (1994). "La Cerca de Villaño: enclavado del municipio de Orduña en la provincia de Burgos". Boletín de la Real Sociedad Bascongada de Amigos del País (in Spanish) (1): 197–208. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

[5] "Orduña investiga su jurisdicción sobre La Cerca de Villaño". Diario de Burgos (in Spanish). 25 March 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

[6] "Los grupos junteros se citan en la próxima legislatura para eliminar las cesantías de los altos cargos forales". Europa Press (in Spanish). Bilbao. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

[7] Loza, Gonzalo (21 March 2022). "La 'cerca de Villaño' en medio de Burgos, más cerca de ser oficialmente Bizkaia". Cadena SER (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2022.

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