Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas
Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas | |
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| Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas | |
| Coordinates: 43°10′29.2″N 2°24′42.2″W / 43.174778°N 2.411722°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | País Vasco |
| Province | Gipuzkoa |
| Eskualdea | Debabarrena |
| Founded | 15 October 1343 |
| Government | |
| • Alcalde | Iker Aldazabal (Basque Nationalist Party) |
| Area | |
• Total | 14.22 km2 (5.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 111 m (364 ft) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 3,894 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (710/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Placentino, -na; Soraluzetarra |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 20590 |
| Official language(s) | Basque and Spanish |
| Website | Official website |
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Soraluze (Basque) or Placencia de las Armas (Spanish), officially Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas, is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country, Spain.
The town of Placencia de las Armas has been involved since its foundation in the manufacture of weapons of all kinds. At its founding in 1343, it called Placencia Soraluze then in the fifteenth century it added "las Armas" or "weapons" to its name in reference to its main industry. In this village the Royal Guns Factory ended weapons manufacturing in the middle of the twentieth century.
Its coat of arms consists of the following elements: a field of gules a castle battlements three gold exiting their respective sides small white flags with the cross of Burgundy. The field is surrounded by a rope whose sides have two lions and various weapons. The head of a crown has 9 points.