Municipality Vitoria-Gasteiz is an administrative unit in Province Alava.
Until recently just a small town, today Vitoria-Gasteiz is the capital of province of Avala and of the autonomous community of Basque Country, Spain and 2nd largest in community after city of Bilbao. The name Vitoria-Gasteiz is combination from its Spanish name (Vitoria) and its Basque name (Gasteiz).
Vitoria-Gasteiz has been ranked 2nd in standard of living among all cities in Spain, and first as to green areas and cultural places per capita.
Road distnaces to some of the biggest Spanish cities are:
- Madrid : 353km
- Barcelona : 569km
- Seville : 820km