Basauri
Municipality in Basque Country, Spain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Basauri is a major municipality of Biscay, in the Basque Country, an Autonomous Community in northern Spain.
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Basauri | |
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Coordinates: 43°14′12″N 02°53′24″W | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Basque Country |
Province | Biscay |
Comarca | Greater Bilbao |
Founded | 1510 |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor-Council |
• Alcalde | Asier Iragorri (PNV) |
Area | |
• Municipality | 7.01 km2 (2.71 sq mi) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Municipality | 40,762 |
• Density | 5,800/km2 (15,000/sq mi) |
• Metro | 910,578 |
Demonym | Basauritarra |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 48970 |
Dialing code | +34 94 |
Official language(s) | Basque, Spanish |
Website | Official website |
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The town is a part of the Greater Bilbao conurbation, being only a few kilometers south of Bilbao. It is an industrial town that also includes monuments such as the tower-house of Ariz. It holds the only prison in the province, located where the rivers Nervión and Ibaizabal meet. The municipality has 40,589 inhabitants (2019).