| Arriaga | |
| Settlement Type: | Concejo |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain Álava#Spain Basque Country#Spain |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Spain |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
| Subdivision Name1: | Basque Country |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Álava |
| Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
| Subdivision Name3: | Vitoria-Gasteiz |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Vitoria-Gasteiz |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 0 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Elevation M: | 516 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Arriaga is a depopulated concejo in the municipality of Vitoria-Gasteiz, province of Álava, Basque Country, Spain. It has been absorbed into the city and is now part of the neighborhood of Lakua-Arriaga.
The first written reference to Arriaga is found in the of 1025, a document from the cartulary of the Monasteries of San Millán de la Cogolla.[2]
The village was notable for its proximity to the es|Campo de Arriaga|Arriaga Field, where the institutions that ruled Álava conducted meetings. The , as it came to be known, existed until its dissolution in 1332.[3] Arriaga came under the jurisdiction of Vitoria-Gasteiz already in 1258, when the Brotherhood of Arriaga relinquished several hamlets to Alfonso XI, in exchange of keeping their privileges.[4] Despite this, Arriaga continued to host the meetings of the brotherhood. In 1813, during the Battle of Vitoria, there was fighting in Arriaga for control of the bridge over the Zadorra.[5]
The construction of the modern neighborhood of Lakua-Arriaga started in the 1970s.[6] The area has since been fully integrated into the city. Aside from the parish church, only two buildings remain in the location of the hamlet.[7] The hamlet has been officially depopulated since 2003.[8] Due to this, the initiated in 2016 the process to dissolve the concejo.[9] However, as of 2023, Arriaga is still listed as a Spanish; Castilian: concejo.[1]