Leioa
Sign in to saveLeioa () is a municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, in northern Spain. It is located south of Getxo and Berango delimitating east and south with Erandio, Portugalete and Sestao. Today it is part of the Bilbao conurbation. Its population in 2019 was 31,795. Leioa has an area of . The Udondo river constitutes the eastern limit of the municipality.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Leioa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
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- Basterretxea ta Leioako Udaletxea.JPG
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- Leioa town hall
- Settlement.image_size
- 350px
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- Escudo de Leioa.svg
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- Spain Basque Country
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- Location of Leioa within the Basque Country
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- Country
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- Autonomous Community
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- Province
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- Biscay
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- Comarca
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- Greater Bilbao
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 8.5
- Settlement.elevation_footnotes
- (AMSL)
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 30
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Leioa () is a municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, in northern Spain. It is located south of Getxo and Berango delimitating east and south with Erandio, Portugalete and Sestao. Today it is part of the Bilbao conurbation. Its population in 2019 was 31,795. Leioa has an area of . The Udondo river constitutes the eastern limit of the municipality.
==History== Leioa has its origins in 1526, before which it was part of the "anteiglesia de Erandio". It was a village with no more than 8000 people until the 1960s, when development came its way, as Bilbao expanded. Its population experienced a rapid increase in the 1970s, and a more moderate growth afterwards. It has become a part of metropolitan Bilbao.