Getxo
Sign in to saveGetxo () (Spanish: Guecho) is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in Spain. It is part of Greater Bilbao, and has 75,430 inhabitants (2023). Getxo is mostly an affluent residential area, as well as being the third largest municipality of Biscay.
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Getxo is a town in Spain's Basque Country region, located in the province of Biscay as part of the greater Bilbao area, with a population of about 75,000 people as of 2023. It is known as an affluent residential area and ranks as the third largest municipality in Biscay.
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- Getxo from Vizcaya Bridge with its neighborhood of Las Arenas in the foreground
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- Getxo from Vizcaya Bridge with its neighborhood of Las Arenas in the foreground
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- Kaltea Dagianak Bizarra Lepoan("He who makes evil, the beard at his back")
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16 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Neighborhoods
- Historic monuments
- Andra Mari Church
- Aixerrota Windmill
- Prince's castle or La Galea Fort
- Saint Anne's Chapel (''Santa Ana'')
- Vizcaya Bridge o El puente colgante
- Galerias de Punta Begoña
- Administration
- Transport and tourism
- Festivals
- Sport
- References
- External links
Getxo () (Spanish: Guecho) is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in Spain. It is part of Greater Bilbao, and has 75,430 inhabitants (2023). Getxo is mostly an affluent residential area, as well as being the third largest municipality of Biscay.
==History== Getxo (formerly spelt Guecho) was a parish (elizatea, anteiglesia'), originally a rural area, including a large beach at the mouth of the Estuary of Bilbao, centered on the little fishing village of Algorta. The parish council met at the church of Getxoko Andra Mari (Basque) or Santa María de Guecho (Spanish) (both mean Saint Mary of Getxo), not far from the headland called Punta Galea.