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Portugalete
Sign in to savePortugalete is a town lying to the west of Bilbao in the province of Biscay in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Portugalete (Portugaldeta)
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.official_name
- Noble Villa de Portugalete
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Portugalete Vizcaya Bridge 001.jpg
- Settlement.image_alt
- Portugalete from Vizcaya Bridge
- Settlement.image_caption
- Portugalete from Vizcaya Bridge
- Settlement.image_flag
- Portugalete_bandera.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo de Portugalete.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Portugalete
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Spain
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Basque Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Biscay
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Greater Bilbao
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 26
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Portugalete
- Demonym
- portugalujo
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Greater Bilbao
- Continent
- Europe
- Official language
- Basque
- Population
- 5182
- Area
- 3.21
- Elevation
- 26
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Nervión
- Head of government
- Q14133432
- Shares border with
- Sestao
- Official website
- www.portugalete.org
- Image
- Portugalete 20.jpg
- Licence plate code
- BI
- Patron saint
- Roch
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- topic's main category
- Category:Portugalete
- Commons category
- Portugalete
- postal code
- 48920
- category for people born here
- Q8068861
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Portugalete
- inception
- 1322-00-00
- female population
- 23882
- male population
- 21884
- P8168
- Karl Hermann Bitter
- P12749
- Ganymede
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Transporter bridge
- Demographics
- Festivals
- San Roque Festivals
- Monuments
- See also
- References
- External links
Portugalete is a town lying to the west of Bilbao in the province of Biscay in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain.
The town has 45,294 inhabitants as of 2021 and is part of Bilbao's metropolitan area. It is located at the mouth of the Estuary of Bilbao, on the left bank. Its land area is only 3.21 km², resulting in a population density of 15,908.4 persons/km², the fifth-most densely populated municipality in Spain (following Mislata, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Benetússer, and Santa Coloma de Gramenet). It was established in 1322 by María Díaz de Haro.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Portugalete” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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