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Villabuena de Álava/Eskuernaga

Villabuena de Álava/Eskuernaga, Cuadrilla de Laguardia-Rioja Alavesa, Álava

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Villabuena de Álava/Eskuernaga

Village · Villabuena de Álava/Eskuernaga, Cuadrilla de Laguardia-Rioja Alavesa, Álava

Municipality of 276 inhabitants (INE, 2025) devoted almost as a monoculture to grapevines and Rioja wine, with 43 registered wineries: it is the town with the most wineries per inhabitant in the world. Its old name, Villaescuerna, gave rise to the Basque form Eskuernaga; the official bilingual name was approved by resolution on 20 November 1996.

1996

Photo: Alea.eus (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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