Basauri
Sign in to saveBasauri 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
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- Basauri Vistas 1 recortada.jpg
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- Spain Basque Country#Spain
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- Location of Basauri within the Basque Country##Location of Basauri within Spain
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- Country
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- Autonomous community
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Biscay
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- 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
- Neighbourhoods
- Climate
- Demographics
- History
- Toponymy
- Festivities
- Economy
- Communications
- Culture
- Administration and politics
- Notable people
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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.