Basauri

Basauri is a major municipality of Biscay, in the Basque Country, an Autonomous Community in northern Spain.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Basauri
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera de Basauri.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of Arms of Basauri.svg
Settlement.image_skyline: Basauri Vistas 1 recortada.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain Basque Country#Spain
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Basauri within the Basque Country##Location of Basauri within Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Biscay
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Greater Bilbao
Settlement.area_total_km2: 7.01
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1510
Settlement.population_demonym: Basauritarra
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Bordering towns
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History
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Basauri is a major municipality of Biscay, in the Basque Country, an Autonomous Community in northern Spain.

The town is a part of the Greater Bilbao conurbation, being only a few kilometers south of Bilbao. It is an industrial town with monuments such as the tower house of Ariz. It is home to the province's only prison, located where the Nervión and Ibaizabal rivers meet. The municipality had a population of 40,589 in 2019.

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