Zugarramurdi

Zugarramurdi
Municipality
Zugarramurdi
Zugarramurdi
Location in Spain
Zugarramurdi
Zugarramurdi (Spain)
Coordinates: 43°16′10″N 1°32′30″W / 43.26944°N 1.54167°W / 43.26944; -1.54167
Country Spain
Autonomous community Navarre
ProvinceNavarre
ComarcaBaztan
Government
  MayorLázaro Dainciart Iribarren (Akelarre)
Area
  Total
5.6 km2 (2.2 sq mi)
Elevation205 m (673 ft)
Population
 (2018)
  Total
225
  Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Demonymzugarramurdiarra or zugarramurditarra
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2))
Postal code
31710
Area code+34 (Spain) + 948 (Navarre)
Websitewww.zugarramurdi.es

Zugarramurdi is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre in northern Spain. It passed into history as the setting of alleged occult activity featured in the infamous Basque witch trials held in Logroño in the seventeenth century. The town is home to the Basque witch museum and the Witch Caves. Every year, spectacular fires are lit in the caves near Zugarramurdi for the celebration of the ‘day of the witch’ on the summer solstice.