Municipality of Alava that adopts his denomination current as resolution of 22-07-1996 (B.O.P.V. 16-08-1996 and B.O.E. 07-10-1996). Placed to O. of the province. It borders to the N. on Bank High, to the S. with an enclave of grounds of Armiñón, and Miranda de Ebro (Burgos), to E. with Armiñón, Berantevilla and County of Treviño, and to O. with Salzedo and High Bank. River covers his term for the limit O. Berries and on the part of the limit E. the Zadorra, both tributaries of Ebro. The capital, Ribabellosa, is in the part Centro-SO. of the term, in a flatness next to the left shore of ravine of the Cemetery, tributary of the Berries.

In the city center of the head of the municipality they emphasize his church parochial of the XVth century and the house Palace of Saez de Santamaría, with a gallery with four semicircular arches, divided, two to two for the stone armera that ennoblece the building and that takes her inscription "Creed in unum Deum"; in his global aspect there calls her attention the tower that the horizontalidad of the building breaks.

It possessed in the XIIth century the monastery of Sao Tome. The same way he enjoyed two parishes, San Juan and St Martin and the chapel Magdalen. St Martin and San Juan were already in 1760 in evil been therefore they were in ruins. Of the location of the temple of St Martin only stays the place name Square of St Martin, in the center of the Town, where the Consistorial House is located. The church of Saint John reduced his status to chapel and one finds in the ancient one brought in the Town for the East.

Built-up areas: Igay, Apple trees, Mélledes, Quintanilla of Bank, Ribaguda and Rivabellosa

In the municipality different attractive places exist to enjoy a rural excursion as the source of Igay and nearby others to the river in Rivabellosa (ftes. to see the links)