Munain

Munain is a small village in Alava, Spain, that is situated on the plains of Alava, on the south part of Ordoñana. Munain is 617 meters above sea level. Until the 19th century, residents primarily spoke Basque, but Spanish is now the common language spoken there.

Demography

Prior to the the 13th century, only ten people lived in Munain. During the Middle Ages, the population increased while other villages lost population. By the 18th century, 129 people lived in Munain, and the population held steady through the 20th century but dramatically shrank by the 21st century.

Munain's population between 2000 and 2008

2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
33	31	30	30	29	29	29	30	36

Munain's church

The church is a rectangular plant with a straight head and two thrones covered with vaults. It possesses a compact tower of plant squared with four floors, the first one is the portico and the quarter is the belfry. From 1544 the person who realized the church was Ramiro de Okariz. The church has a chapel that is known as the chapel of the Bicuñas and it has an altarpiece of beginning of the 17th century where the holy doctors and Evangelists meet, to the sides are the sculptures of San Pedro and San Pablo.

Centennial oak trees

The Munain-Okariz region is home to numerous ancient oaks of considerable size.

The neighbors of the nearby people who lived there left his oaks grew, then they cut them and used them for fuelwood and for the charcoal-burner. Experts from the United Kingdom arrived to study them. For the science, Munain-Okariz's forest is an unknown jewel full of difficult life to be equal in Europe and very little known. It takes only 385 hectares, 213 in Munain and 171 in Okariz. All of this are reasons enough to value a landscape that is protected as Place of Community Interest inside Entzia's Saw. It is an unique place near the headwaters of the Zadorra River.