Elantxobe
Sign in to saveElantxobe is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Elantxobe
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
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- 27032018-Elantxobe-Pano-02.jpg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo de Elantxobe.svg
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- Spain Basque Country#Spain
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- Location of Elantxobe within the Basque Country
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- Country
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- Spain
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- Autonomous community
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- Basque Country
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- Province
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- Biscay
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- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Busturialdea
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 80
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1.85
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1858
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Elantxobe is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.
==History== The town emerged in 1524 as a fishing port. It gaining some importance in the 17th century as a defensive location on the Biscayan coast, which is currently used as a marina. Until 1858 it was a neighbourhood of the nearby municipality of Ibarrangelu. The town celebrates the festival of its patron, San Nicolás de Bari, on 6 December.