Mondragón

Arrasate or Mondragón (Basque and Spanish official names, Mondragoe is an unofficial Basque name) - is a town and municipality in Gipuzkoa province, Basque Country, Spain.

It is known mainly as the place of origin of the Mondragón Cooperative Corporation (MCC), the world's largest worker cooperative, whose foundation was inspired in the 1940s by Father José María Arizmendiarrieta. In 2002 the MCC contributed 3.7% towards the total GDP of the Basque Country and 7.6% to the industrial GDP.

There are about 25000 inhabitants.

The spa at Santa Águeda (now a psychiatric hospital) was the location of the 1897 murder of Spanish politician Antonio Cánovas del Castillo by Michele Angiolillo.

External link

• Municipality pages in Basque and Spanish
• MCC homepage (multi-lingual)

References

We Build the Road as We Travel: Mondragon, A Cooperative Social System, Roy Morrison, ISBN 0965890317

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Mondragon is also the name of a commune of the Vaucluse département, in southern France.