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| name                    = Azkoitia
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of Spain|Municipality]]
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| image_caption           = Azkoitia's central square, with ''Paroquia Santa Maria La Real''
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| subdivision_type2       = [[Provinces of Spain|Province]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Gipuzkoa]]
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| subdivision_name3       = [[Urola Kosta]]
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| area_total_km2          = 54.71
| established_title       = Founded
| established_date        = {{startdate|1331}}
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| postal_code             = 20720
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| leader_title            = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name             = Ana Azkoitia
| leader_party            = [[Basque Nationalist Party]]
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'''Azkoitia''' ({{langx|es|Azcoitia}}) is a town located in the province of [[Gipuzkoa]], in the [[Autonomous Community]] of [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]], in northern [[Spain]]. It is also the seat of the [[Municipalities of Spain|municipality]] of the same name.

==Geographical setting==
Azkoitia and the municipality of the same name, are located on and around the upper [[Urola]] river valley, centered on a small [[alluvial plain]] surrounded by the [[Basque mountains]]. Except for the valley itself, the terrain is rather rugged, with elevations ranging to little less than 950 meters.

==Population==
[[Image:E4683-Azkoitia-boulevard.JPG|thumb|A boulevard across the river from Azkoitia's old central square]]

As of 2004{{ref|azkoitiademographics}}, the municipality numbered 10,946 inhabitants, of whom 5,324 (49.867%) were men and 5,262 (50.133%) were women. Age is distributed among the sexes rather evenly with children and adolescents (0 to 17 years of age) forming 16.235% of the population, adults (18 to 54 years of age) making up 53.744%, and senior citizens forming the remaining 30.021%.

==Historical relevance==
Azkoitia was the birthplace of the mother of [[Saint Ignatius of Loyola]], founder of the [[Jesuit]] religious order. Ignatius' maternal grandfather, Don Martin Garcia de Licona, had purchased Balda Tower in the mid-15th century. Recurring bloody encounters in the region persuaded the king, [[Henry IV of Castile]], to reduce the tower from a [[fortress]] to a [[courthouse]]. On 13 July 1467 Don Martin's daughter, Dona Marina Saenz de Licona Balda married Don Beltran Ibanez de Onaz y Loyola from neighbouring [[Azpeitia]] in the Licona family home in Azkoitia. The original wedding contract still exists.

Loyola's birth house is still preserved as a museum a part of a large Jesuit compound. 
It is located a few kilometers east of Azkoitia's city center, at the small community of [[Azpeitia]], and is a major tourist attraction.

==See also ==
*[[José Larrañaga Arenas]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.gipuzkoa.net Official Website] Information available in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Basque language|Basque]].
* [http://www.euskomedia.org/euskomedia/SAunamendi?idi=en&op=7&voz=AZKOITIA AZKOITIA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)] Information available in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]

==Notes==
#{{note|azkoitiademographics}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20061029163119/http://www3.gipuzkoa.net/pmhest/estadis.cfm?hiz=cas Demographics for all Basque municipalities]

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