Amurrio
Sign in to saveAmurrio is a town and municipality located in the northwest part of the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain. It has over 10,000 inhabitants. It is between Vitoria-Gasteiz and Bilbao, respectively 41 km and 31 km.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Amurrio
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Amurrio 15.JPG
- Settlement.image_alt
- Orduña town hall
- Settlement.image_caption
- Town hall of Amurrio
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo de Amurrio.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain Basque Country#Spain
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Amurrio within the Basque Country##Location of Amurrio within Spain
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Alava
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Aiaraldea
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 219
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 96.36
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1919
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Encyclopedic overview
35 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Councils
- History
- Economy
- Demography
- Politics
- Twin towns
- Culture
- Basque
- Festivities
- Museums
- Aresketamendi
- Museum of Liqueur
- Txakolineria
- Monuments
- Church of Santa María
- San Antón chapel
- Urrutia Tower-House
- Ugarte Tower-House
- Palacio de Larrako, in Lezama
- GUK sculpture
- Juan de Urrutia sculpture
- Sports
- Football
- Basketball
- Cycling
- Basque traditional sports and dances
- Routes
- Monte Santiago, Nervión waterfall
- Ayala route
- Sierra Salvada
- Famous citizens
- See also
- External links
- References
Amurrio is a town and municipality located in the northwest part of the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain. It has over 10,000 inhabitants. It is between Vitoria-Gasteiz and Bilbao, respectively 41 km and 31 km.
==Geography== Amurrio is in border with the following towns: In the North: Ayala and Orozko (Biscay). In the South: Orduña (Biscay). In the East: Zuia. In the West: Ayala.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amurrio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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