| Eskibel | |
| Settlement Type: | Concejo |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain Álava#Spain Basque Country#Spain |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Spain |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
| Subdivision Name1: | Basque Country |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Álava |
| Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
| Subdivision Name3: | Vitoria-Gasteiz |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Vitoria-Gasteiz |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.18 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 2 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Elevation M: | 660 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 01194 |
Eskibel (es|Esquíbel) is a village in Álava, Basque Country, Spain. It forms part of the of Vitoria-Gasteiz. It is situated 7.5km (04.7miles) southwest of the city in a small valley surrounded by the Mountains of Vitoria.
Always sparsely populated, in the early 19th century it had only 22 inhabitants, in 1960 it had 10, and as of 2023 it has only 2. The village comprises a few small buildings and the ruins of the Church of San Lorenzo (Saint Lawrence). A medieval statue, known as the Virgin of Eskibel, was salvaged from the church ruins and can now be seen at the Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art in Vitoria-Gasteiz.[3] Despite having the status of concejo, the elections scheduled for 2013 and 2017 were not held due to a lack of candidates.[4] [5]
Eskibel was the site of fighting in the Spanish War of Independence in the early 19th century and later during the Second Carlist War, when Vitoria was sieged by the Carlists.[6] The Castillo de Gomecha at Eskibel is the remains of an old fortified watch tower.[7]