See Lazcano (disambiguation) (a variant form) for people with this surname.
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Official Name: | Lazkao |
| Motto: | Lazkaoko Kontzeju Oso Zintzo eta Oso Leiala / Muy Noble y Muy Leal Concejo de Lazcano (The very noble and loyal council of Lazkao) |
| Website: | http://www.lazkao.eus |
| Flag Size: | 130px |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain Basque Country |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Lazkao within the Basque Autonomous Community |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Type3: | Eskualdea |
| Subdivision Name: | Spain |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gipuzkoa |
| Subdivision Name3: | Goierri |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Kepa Zubiarrain (EAJ-PNV) |
| Area Total Km2: | 11.4 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | GMT |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | GMT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 43.0378°N -2.1872°W |
| Elevation M: | 160 |
Lazkao (es|Lazcano) is a town and municipality located in the Goierri region of the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country.
Lazkao is located in the Southern Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, Spain. Lazkao lies in a lush valley. To its north are Beasain and Ordizia; to the south are Idiazabal and Ataun; to the east Zaldibia and to the west Olaberria.
Distances to important places
45 km
428 km
507 km
The municipal police force in Lazkao (in Basque Udaltzaingoa), has four policemen, two police cars and a motorbike.The police station is located in the ground floor of the town hall of Lazkao. The municipal police of Lazkao carries out these duties: Traffic, notifications, works control, organization of the town market, lost objects, etc.
Many Basque historians think that Lazkao was founded in 1053.
Two men were shot in Lazkao during the Spanish Civil War.
The future leader of ETA, Eustakio Mendizabal, studied at the Benedictine monastery in Lazkao from 1954 to 1966.
In 2005, a Benedictine monk of the town was arrested by the Spanish National Police and by the Guardia Civil. They thought that the monk had connections with the Basque separatist group ETA.In 2006, ETA detonated a bomb in the company Azkar, because Azkar did not pay the revolutionary tax to the group.
2007 was the Second anniversary of bicentenary of the arrival of the Benedictine monks to the town. Celebrated by the Deputy-General of Gipuzkoa and by Juan Jose Ibarretxe, the Lehendakari (Basque Prime Minister) of the Basque Autonomous Community.
Every first Sunday in January. On this day, the Flight to Egypt is performed throughout the street of the town.
This Biblical passage was first performed in Lazkao the 17th century. Nowadays, the Nuns of the Covent of Lazkao continue to sell the traditional wafers for this event.