Plentzia
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Plentzia () is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The town has 4,459 inhabitants (2023).
Key facts
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- Plentzia
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- Municipality
- Settlement.other_name
- Plencia
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- Pasarela sobre la ria de Plencia.jpg
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- Footbridge over the ria of Plentzia
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- Plentzia bandera.svg
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- Escudo de Plentzia.svg
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- Spain Basque Country#Spain
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- Location of Plentzia within the Basque Country##Location of Plentzia within Spain
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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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- Mungialdea
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- 19
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 11.17
- Settlement.population_density_km2
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Plentzia () is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The town has 4,459 inhabitants (2023).
Plentzia is located 25 km north-east of Bilbao. It is part of the Bilbao metropolitan area, as well as being the terminus of the first line of the city's Metro. In addition to the Metro, two BizkaiBus bus routes serve the town, with further destinations served from Urduliz, the next stop on the Metro. Plentzia is approximately 30 min by car from Bilbao and Bilbao airport. Coming from Bilbao, take the BI-634 from Bilbao to Sopelana and then follow the signposts along the BI-2122 to Plentzia. From the airport, take the BI-631 as far as Mungia, and from there the BI-2120 to Plentzia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Plentzia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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