Bergara

Bergara
Bergara
	Municipality
	Bergara main square
	Coat of arms
	Bergara Location of within the Basque Country Bergara Location within Spain
	Coordinates: 43°07′03″N 2°24′48″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Basque Country
Province	Gipuzkoa
Eskualdea	Debagoiena
Founded	1268
Government
• Mayor	Elena Lete García (PNV)
Area
• Total	75.97 km2 (29.33 sq mi)
Population (2018)[1]
• Total	14,596
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Basque: bergarar Spanish: vergarés, vergaresa
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	20570; 20578–20580
Official language(s)	Basque; Spanish
Website	Official website

Bergara (Basque pronunciation: [berˈɣaɾa]; Spanish: Vergara) is a town and municipality located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the north of Spain.

View of historic quarter of Bergara

Center of Bergara

An Enlightened center of education operated by the Real Sociedad Bascongada de Amigos del País ("Royal Basque Society of Friends of the Country"), it was the place where brothers Juan José and Fausto Elhuyar discovered wolfram.[2]

During the Carlist Wars, it operated as the capital and royal court of the Carlists. It was there where the agreement symbolized in the Vergara Embrace between Rafael Maroto and Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara ended one of the period wars.

References

Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
A Chemical Analysis of Wolfram and Examination of a New Metal, which enters into its Composition, By Don John Joseph and Don Fausto de Luyart, Translated from the Spanish by Charles Cullen, Esc. To which is prefixed A Translation of Mr. Scheele's Analysis of the Tungsten, or Heavy Stone; with Mr. Bergman's Supplemental Remarks, London, 1785, 67 pp.

External links

Official Website (in Basque and Spanish)
Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Basque and Spanish)
Laboratorium Bergara - European Physical Society Historic Site

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[1] Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

[2] A Chemical Analysis of Wolfram and Examination of a New Metal, which enters into its Composition, By Don John Joseph and Don Fausto de Luyart, Translated from the Spanish by Charles Cullen, Esc. To which is prefixed A Translation of Mr. Scheele's Analysis of the Tungsten, or Heavy Stone; with Mr. Bergman's Supplemental Remarks, London, 1785, 67 pp.