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Balmaseda
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Balmaseda (in Basque and officially, in Spanish: Valmaseda) is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country. Balmaseda is the capital city of the comarca of Enkarterri, in western Biscay and plays an important role in the province due to its proximity to the capital city of Bilbao and the regions of Cantabria and Castile and León.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Balmaseda
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Balmaseda 16.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera de Balmaseda.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo de Balmaseda.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain Basque Country
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Balmaseda within the Basque Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Spain
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Basque Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Biscay
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Enkarterri
- Settlement.established_date
- 1199
- Settlement.leader_party
- EAJ-PNV
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Spain
- Official name
- Balmaseda
- Demonym
- valmasedano
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Biscay
- Continent
- Europe
- Official language
- Spanish
- Population
- 3226
- Area
- 22.3
- Elevation
- 146
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Cadagua
- Capital of
- Enkarterri
- Shares border with
- Valle de Mena
- Official website
- www.balmaseda.net
- Image
- Zubia ots.jpg
- Dialing code
- 94
- Licence plate code
- BI
- Patron saint
- Severinus of Noricum
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- twinned administrative body
- Balmaceda
- postal code
- 48800
- Commons category
- Balmaseda
- topic's main category
- Category:Balmaseda
- inception
- 1199-00-00
- native label
- Balmaseda
- Commons gallery
- Balmaseda
- female population
- 3980
- male population
- 3717
- P8168
- Alexander Vencel
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Geography
- Hydrography
- Social sphere
- Transport
- Personalities
- Twin towns – sister cities
- See also
- References
- External links
Balmaseda (in Basque and officially, in Spanish: Valmaseda) is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country. Balmaseda is the capital city of the comarca of Enkarterri, in western Biscay and plays an important role in the province due to its proximity to the capital city of Bilbao and the regions of Cantabria and Castile and León.
== Etymology ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balmaseda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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