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Greater Bilbao
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Greater Bilbao |
| native_name | Bilboaldea |
| native_name_lang | eu |
| settlement_type | Eskualdea / Comarca |
| image_caption | The Estuary of Bilbao surrounded by Greater Bilbao |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Spain |
| subdivision_type1 | Autonomous community |
| subdivision_name1 | Basque Country |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Biscay |
| seat_type | Capital |
| seat | Bilbao |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| area_total_km2 | 361.3 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| website |
Greater Bilbao (Basque: Bilboaldea, Spanish: Gran Bilbao) is an administrative division of the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. It is one of the seven comarcas of Biscay and the most populated. The capital city of Greater Bilbao is Bilbao.
Greater Bilbao is formed by the municipalities situated along the Estuary of Bilbao which themselves form a metropolitan area, the fifth most populous in Spain.
Geography
Greater Bilbao, or Bilboaldea, is located at the northwest of the province of Biscay, limiting with the comarcas of Enkarterri in the west, Mungialdea and Busturialdea in the east, Durangaldea in the southeast and Arratia-Nerbioi in the south. The Bay of Biscay limits at north.
Divisions
Greater Bilbao can be divided into six subcomarcas or subregions:
- The city of Bilbao itself, comprising a single municipality but containing eight districts including its oldest part, Bilbao la Vieja; earlier part of the Uribe region (merindad)
- The left bank: Traditionally an industrial, port, and manufacturing zone. It includes Barakaldo, Sestao, Portugalete and Santurtzi; earlier part of a larger merindad of Enkarterri, other than Barakaldo which was part of Uribe
- The right bank: A mainly residential area, including Erandio, Leioa, and the more affluent Getxo; earlier part of Uribe
- The mining zone west of the left bank, where the main iron ore resources were located: Muskiz, Gallarta, Ortuella; earlier part of Enkarterri
- Txoriherri, wide expansion zone north of Bilbao / east of the right bank, where the international airport and the University of the Basque Country are located; earlier part of Uribe
- Hego Uribe, south-east of Bilbao including Basauri, Galdakao and Arrigorriaga; earlier part of Uribe
- Uribe-Kosta: the coastal area north of Getxo increasingly integrated into the metropolitan area in recent years, with development of low density residential areas connected by the metro; earlier part of Uribe, most of the municipalities in this zone belong to the Mungialdea comarca
Municipalities
Greater Bilbao is divided into 25 municipalities, being Bilbao the capital city. The 25 municipalities, among with some others, make the Metropolitan Area of Bilbao.
| # | Municipality | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Area in | |||
| km2 | ||||
| [[File:Escudo de Abanto Vizcaya.svg | 20px]] | Abanto Zierbena | 9,545 | 18 |
| [[File:Escudo de Alonsotegi.svg | 20px]] | Alonsotegi | 2,903 | 16 |
| [[File:Escudo de Arrigorriaga.svg | 20px]] | Arrigorriaga | 12,230 | 22.8 |
| [[File:Escudo de Barakaldo.svg | 20px]] | Barakaldo | 100,435 | 24.3 |
| [[File:Escudo de Basauri.svg | 20px]] | Basauri | 40,762 | 7.2 |
| Bilbao | 345,821 | 41.2 | ||
| [[File:Escudo de Derio.svg | 20px]] | Derio | 6,545 | 7.4 |
| [[File:Escudo de Zierbena.svg | 20px]] | Zierbena | 1,492 | 9.1 |
| [[File:Escudo de Etxebarri.svg | 20px]] | Etxebarri | 11,304 | 3.3 |
| [[File:Escudo de Erandio.svg | 20px]] | Erandio | 24,222 | 18.0 |
| [[File:Escudo de Galdakao.svg | 20px]] | Galdakao | 29,288 | 31.7 |
| [[File:Escudo de Getxo.svg | 20px]] | Getxo | 78,276 | 11.9 |
| [[File:Escudo de Larrabetzu.svg | 20px]] | Larrabetzu | 2,029 | 21.5 |
| [[File:Escudo de Leioa.svg | 20px]] | Leioa | 31,495 | 8.5 |
| [[File:Escudo de Lezama.svg | 20px]] | Lezama | 2,429 | 16.5 |
| [[File:Escudo de Llodio-Laudio.svg | 20px]] | Laudio | 18,205 | 37.45 |
| [[File:Escudo de Loiu.svg | 20px]] | Loiu | 2,416 | 15.3 |
| [[File:Escudo de Muskiz.svg | 20px]] | Muskiz | 7,567 | 21.5 |
| [[File:Escudo de Ortuella.svg | 20px]] | Ortuella | 8,360 | 7.7 |
| [[File:Escudo de Portugalete.svg | 20px]] | Portugalete | 45,826 | 3.2 |
| [[File:Escudo de Santurtzi.svg | 20px]] | Santurtzi | 45,795 | 6.7 |
| [[File:Escudo de Sestao.svg | 20px]] | Sestao | 27,445 | 3.5 |
| [[File:Escudo de Sondika.svg | 20px]] | Sondika | 4,495 | 6.3 |
| [[File:Escudo de Trapagaran.svg | 20px]] | Trapagaran | 11,953 | 13.1 |
| [[File:Escudo de Zamudio.svg | 20px]] | Zamudio | 3,236 | 18.1 |
| [[File:Escudo de Zaratamo.svg | 20px]] | Zaratamo | 1,515 | 10.0 |
References
References
- official estimate from Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Madrid.
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