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Zalla
Zalla
Municipality
	Zalla town hall
	Flag Coat of arms
	Zalla Location of Zalla within the Basque Country
	Coordinates: 43°12′51″N 3°07′52″W / 43.21417°N 3.13111°W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Basque Country
Province	Biscay
Comarca	Enkarterri
Founded	12th century
Government
• Mayor	Juanra Urkijo Etxeguren (PNV)
Area
• Total	31.03 km2 (11.98 sq mi)
Elevation	96 m (315 ft)
Population (2018)
• Total	8,379
• Density	270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Demonym	Spanish: zallense
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	48860; 48850; 48869
Website	Official website

Zalla is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain, 24 kilometers to the southwest of Bilbao. The river Cadagua runs through the city. According to the 2019 census, it has 8,447 inhabitants.

Popular culture

The Zallense people are known for their popular culture and especially for their mythology. In Zalla, superstitions and beliefs in evil supernatural beings, sorcerers and witchcraft were widespread.

The hermitage of San Pedro Zariquete was a pilgrimage center against the evil eye and against demons. Thousands of devotees who believed themselves possessed by evil spirits in search of the corresponding exorcism passed through the year. The rite was to go to the chapel on the day of the saint on a path (while throwing handfuls of salt), and return on the other, so that the evil spirits did not re-enter the disemboweled person.^[3]

Notable people

José de Urrutia y de las Casas: military, cartographer and engineer (s. XVIII).

References

^ "Corporación municipal". Zalla Ayuntamiento Udala (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2019.
^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ "La Ermita de San Pedro de Zariquete en Zalla, Bizkaia:Un enclave de origen Medieval en Las Encartaciones" (PDF). Gurutze Arregui, estudios etnográficos existentes en esta ermita y relacionados con los conjuros. ARREGUI AZPEITIA, G. "Ermitas de Bizkaia", T. III, PP. 437. G. "Ermitas de Bizkaia", T. III, P. 437. KOBIE (Serie Paleoantropología), Bilbao Bizkaiko Foru Aldundia-Diputación Foral de Bizkaia N.º XXII, 1995. Retrieved 7 March 2020.