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What to see and do in Alegia

What to see and do in Alegia (Tolosaldea, Gipuzkoa): 3 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Alegia

Alegia
Village
Municipality in Tolosaldea with 1,813 inhabitants (INE, 2025), founded in 1454 under the name Alegría, which it kept until the 1916 reform of municipal naming, when it became Alegría de Oria (today Alegia). Its townspeople were nicknamed "txintxarris" for their traditional manufacture of cowbells.
Fundación y cambio de nombre de Alegia
Historical milestone
The municipality was founded in 1454 under the name Alegría. In the 1916 municipal naming reform it became Alegría de Oria (Alegia in Basque), to distinguish it from other Spanish towns of the same name.
Los txintxarris de Alegia
Curiosity
The people of Alegia are known by the nickname "txintxarris", a reference to the now-vanished trade of making cowbells (txintxarriak) that historically characterized the town.