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Fruiz also known as Fruniz is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Fruniz
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Municipality
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Fruniz
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Herriko plaza, Fruniz, Bizkaia, Euskal Herria.jpg
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Town square
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Fruizko udal ikurrina.svg
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Escudo de Fruiz.svg
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Spain
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left
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Location in Spain
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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
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Mungialdea

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Place name
  • History
  • Festivities
  • 2011 municipal elections
  • References
  • External links

Fruiz also known as Fruniz is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.

==Place name== Fruiz is one of the place names of the Basque Country finished in -iz. Julio Caro Baroja defended that the names came from a proper name + the Latin suffix ``-icus``

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fruiz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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