Municipality composed by the places of Arteaga, Ganuza, Metauten (capital), Ollobarren, Ollogoyen and Zufía. Placed in the region of Valdega, to 55km of Pamplona. The climate changes with the orientation and altitude, as it is logical, and in the N and center it is of type subMediterranean and in the Mediterranean S. Still there remain important remains of the oak woods and gall-oak groves and oak groves that covered territory before his transformation for the man. Most of the active population realizes agricultural tasks. There emphasize them commercial activities of transport, sale of drinks and education. The industrial activity corresponds to water distribution, bakery, dressmaking and serrería.
The Ist populate of Metauten gets ready in a plain of a dispersed way and irregularly, something removed from the escarpe of the saw of Lóquiz. Her church of San Román is a building of the XVIth century of style Gothic - Renaissance man of the only ship of two stretches. Inside his municipal term finds the chapel of Santa Barbara, construction of sillarejo plaster. Between his civil buildings it is provided with several houses emblazed with shields of the XVIth century and XVII being recognizable the weapon of the woolen vales and of those of the Ancines. (source government of Navarre).

In May Metauten celebrates the Holiday of the Vale of Allín –, every year in a Town of the vale.