Cerca de Villaño
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Cerca de Villaño | |
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 A ruined house in the exclave | |
 Interactive map of Cerca de Villaño | |
  Cerca de Villaño Location within the Basque Country | |
| Coordinates: 42°58′09″N 3°07′21″W / 42.96917°N 3.12250°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Basque Country |
| Province | Biscay |
| Comarca | Arratia-Nerbioi |
| Municipality | Orduña |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.36 ha (0.89 acres) |
| Elevation | 807 m (2,648 ft) |
The Cerca de Villaño (Basque: Villañoko esparrua[2]) is a small exclave belonging to Orduña, itself an exclave of Biscay (a province of the Basque Country, Spain). It is located in Villaño, a hamlet in Valle de Losa, Burgos. Its area and limits aren't known with certainty, and due to its small size and obscurity it isn't shown in most maps.[3]
The early history of the enclave is unclear, but it was part of Orduña by the early sixteenth century.[1] The municipal authorities of Orduña used to visit the exclave regularly until 1951 in order to check the border markers.[4] Around the same time, in 1950, the few inhabitants of the enclave were registered as inhabitants of Valle de Losa, and the exclave fell into obscurity.[5]
In 2015, a member of the Juntas Generales of Biscay requested the Biscayan government to reaffirm the exclave's status as part of Biscay, but his proposal was rejected.[6] In 2022, the municipality of Orduña started the procedures to survey the exclave and include it in its urban planning documentation.[7]