Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas

Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas
Municipality
Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas
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Coordinates: 43°10′29.2″N 2°24′42.2″W / 43.174778°N 2.411722°W / 43.174778; -2.411722
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	País Vasco
Province	Gipuzkoa
Eskualdea	Debabarrena
Founded	15 October 1343
Government
• Alcalde	Iker Aldazabal (Basque Nationalist Party)
Area
• Total	14.22 km2 (5.49 sq mi)
Elevation	111 m (364 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	3,894
• Density	270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Placentino, -na; Soraluzetarra
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	20590
Official language(s)	Basque and Spanish
Website	Official website

Soraluze (Basque) or Placencia de las Armas (Spanish), officially Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas, is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country, Spain.

The town of Placencia de las Armas has been involved since its foundation in the manufacture of weapons of all kinds. At its founding in 1343, it called Placencia Soraluze then in the fifteenth century it added "las Armas" or "weapons" to its name in reference to its main industry. In this village the Royal Guns Factory ended weapons manufacturing in the middle of the twentieth century.

Its coat of arms consists of the following elements: a field of gules a castle battlements three gold exiting their respective sides small white flags with the cross of Burgundy. The field is surrounded by a rope whose sides have two lions and various weapons. The head of a crown has 9 points.