Laudio/Llodio Village · Laudio/Llodio, Cuadrilla de Ayala/Aiara, Álava The second most populous municipality in Álava after Vitoria-Gasteiz, with 17,906 inhabitants (2022), in the Ayala valley, alongside the Nervión river and on the border with Bizkaia. The first written reference dates from the 10th century, when its transfer to the family of the Lord of Bizkaia is recorded; in 1135 it passed into the hands of the Mendoza family, and in 1491 the villa voluntarily joined the Hermandad de Álava. 1491 Photo: TagzaniaBot (Wikimedia Commons) What to see and do in Laudio/Llodio