Menoio | |
Settlement Type: | Concejo |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Álava#Spain Basque Country#Spain |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
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: | Ayala |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Ayala/Aiara |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 4.40 |
Population As Of: | 2023 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 31 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Elevation M: | 466 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 01477 |
Menoio (Spanish; Castilian: Menoyo) is a hamlet and concejo in the municipality of Ayala/Aiara, in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain. The neighborhoods of Barrutxi, Butarte, Mendia, El Pico and La Plazuela form the urban area of Menoio, also known locally as El Campo.[3]
The first written reference to Menoio dates from 1114, in which a certain Senior Alvar López de Menoio was mentioned in the donation of the monastery of Obaldia in Madaria to San Millán.[3]
The sanctuary of Our Lady of Etxaurren, patron saint of the municipality, is on the foothills of mount . A small rural neighborhood centered around the sanctuary existed until the mid-20th century. The most notable civil building in Menoio is the palace of Santa Casilda, built in the late 17th century.[4]