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[[Image:bilbao satelite.png|thumb|250px|Gran Bilbao real color image taken by [[NASA]]'s [[Landsat]] [[satellite]].]]
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[[Image:Aster bilbao lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Infrared radiation|Infrared]] image taken July 5th 2000 by ASTER sensor on board [[NASA]]'s Terra [[satellite]]. Reddish areas are vegetation zones, dark blue zones are water bodies, white zones are clouds, their shadows can be clearly seen and greenish pixels denote the densely urbanized areas beside the Nervion river. Source: ''[http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=4692 Earth Observatory] ([[NASA]]).]]
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'''Greater Bilbao''' ({{lang-eu|Bilbo Handia}}, {{lang-es|Gran Bilbao}}) is a [[comarca]] and [[metropolitan area]] of [[Biscay]], [[Spain]]. It is also called '''Metropolitan Bilbao''' and is constituted by a set of municipalities along the [[Nervion River]] ending at its mouth, that due to their growth have gotten physically united looking like a single [[city]] (see [[conurbation]]), plus some satellite towns.
'''Greater Bilbao''' ([[Basque language|Basque]]: ''Bilboaldea'', [[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Gran Bilbao'') is an [[administrative division]] of the province of [[Biscay]], in the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]], Spain. It is one of the seven [[comarcas of Spain|comarcas]] of Biscay and the most populated one. The capital city of Greater Bilbao is [[Bilbao]].


Greater Bilbao is made by the municipalities situated along the [[Estuary of Bilbao]] which themselves form a [[conurbation]], which [[Bilbao metropolitan area|metropolitan area]] is the fifth most populous in [[Spain]].
==Geography==


== Geography ==
Greater Bilbao is the sixth most populated [[metropolitan area]] in [[Spain]] with over 900,000 inhabitants ([[Bilbao]] the municipality, has 353,000 residents). Almost 80% of the population of [[Biscay]] and 43% of the population of the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]] is concentrated in the Greater Bilbao area. The region's municipalities, as defined by the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]]'s Territorial Directives, are: [[Abanto-Zierbena|Abanto y Zierbena]], [[Alonsotegi]], [[Arrankudiaga]], [[Arrigorriaga]], [[Barakaldo]], [[Barrika]], [[Basauri]], [[Berango]], [[Bilbao]], [[Derio]], [[Etxebarri]], [[Erandio]], [[Galdakao]], [[Getxo]], [[Górliz]], [[Larrabetzu]], [[Lejona]], [[Lemoiz]], [[Lezama]], [[Loiu]], [[Muskiz]], [[Ortuella]], [[Plentzia]], [[Portugalete]], [[Santurtzi]], [[Sestao]], [[Sondika]], [[Sopelana]], [[Ugao-Miraballes]], [[Urduliz]], [[Valle de Trápaga-Trapagaran]], [[Zamudio]], [[Zaratamo]] and [[Zeberio]].


[[File:Comarcas de Bizkaia.png|thumb|right|250px|Greater Bilbao (in blue) within Biscay.]]
On a wider sense, other towns outside the formal boundaries of Greater Bilbao can be considered part of the metropolitan area. These towns include [[Mungia]], [[Lemoa]], [[Amorebieta]], [[Durango, Biscay|Durango]] in Biscay; [[Laudio]] in [[Alava]] and [[Castro Urdiales]] in [[Cantabria]].


Greater Bilbao, or ''Bilboaldea'', is located at the northwest of the province of [[Biscay]], limiting with the comarcas of [[Enkarterri]] in the west, [[Mungialdea]] and [[Busturialdea]] in the east, [[Durangaldea]] in the southeast and [[Arratia-Nerbioi]] in the south. The [[Bay of Biscay]] limits at north.
The area is structured into different zones:


=== Divisions ===
*''The city of Bilbao'': The main business and services hub of the metropolitan area, with roughly 40% of its population.
*''[[Left Bank (Biscay)|The left bank]]'': Traditionally an industrial, port, and manufacturing zone. It includes Barakaldo, Sestao, Portugalete or Santurce.
*''[[Right Bank (Biscay)|The right bank]]'': A residential area, including Erandio, Leioa, and the more afluent Getxo,.
*''The [[mining]] zone'', where the main [[iron ore]] resources were located: Muskiz, Gallarta, Ortuella
*''[[Txoriherri]]'', wide expansion zone where the [[Bilbao Airport|international airport]] and the [[University of the Basque Country|University of the Basque Country]] are located.
*''[[Hego Uribe]]'', including Basauri, Galdakao or Arrigorriaga.
*''[[Uribe-Kosta]]'': the coastal area north of Getxo is being integrated into the metropolitan area in the recent years, with the development of low density residential areas connected by the metro.


[[File:bilbao satelite.png|thumb|250px|Gran Bilbao real color image taken by [[NASA]]'s [[Landsat]] [[satellite]].]]
==Urban Regeneration==
[[File:Aster bilbao lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Infrared radiation|Infrared]] image taken July 5th 2000 by ASTER sensor on board [[NASA]]'s Terra [[satellite]]. Reddish areas are vegetation zones, dark blue zones are water bodies, white zones are clouds, their shadows can be clearly seen and greenish pixels denote the densely urbanized areas beside the Nervion river. Source: ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20051028175713/http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=4692 Earth Observatory]'' ([[NASA]]).]]


Greater Bilbao can be divided into six ''subcomarcas'' or subregions:
The '' Bilbao Ria 2000 '' corporation was founded in 1992 by the [[Bilbao]] and [[Barakaldo]] municipalities, the Greater Bilbao metropolitan area, and the Basque and Spanish Governments. The corporation's aim was to regenerate the city-planning of Bilbao and its surroundings, which were heavily punished by intense industrial contamination and decay. Among the projects this institution implemented was the recovery of Abandoibarra, once an industrial ground and now the site of the [[Guggenheim Museum Bilbao]] and the Euskalduna Palace.


* The city of [[Bilbao]] itself, comprising a single [[Municipalities of Spain|municipality]] but containing eight [[Bilbao#Districts|districts]]; earlier part of the [[Uribe]] region ([[merindad]])
In parallel to '' Bilbao Ria 2000 '', the ''Bilbao Metropoli-30''association was constituted in 1991 by the City council of Bilbao, the Biscay and Basque Governments and diverse public and private organizations for the regeneration of Metropolitan Bilbao.
*''[[Left Bank (Biscay)|The left bank]]'': Traditionally an industrial, port, and manufacturing zone. It includes [[Barakaldo]], [[Sestao]], [[Portugalete]] and [[Santurtzi]]; earlier part of a larger merindad of [[Enkarterri]], other than Barakaldo which was part of Uribe
*''[[Right Bank (Biscay)|The right bank]]'': A mainly residential area, including [[Erandio]], [[Leioa]], and the more affluent [[Getxo]]; earlier part of Uribe
*''The [[mining]] zone'' west of the left bank, where the main [[iron ore]] resources were located: [[Muskiz]], [[Gallarta]], [[Ortuella]]; earlier part of Enkarterri
*''[[Txoriherri]]'', wide expansion zone north of Bilbao / east of the right bank, where the [[Bilbao Airport|international airport]] and the [[University of the Basque Country]] are located; earlier part of Uribe
*''[[Hego Uribe]]'', south-east of Bilbao including [[Basauri]], [[Galdakao]] and [[Arrigorriaga]]; earlier part of Uribe
*''[[Uribe-Kosta]]'': the coastal area north of Getxo is being integrated into the metropolitan area in the recent years, with the development of low density residential areas connected by the metro; earlier part of Uribe, most of the municipalities in this zone belong to the [[Mungialdea]] comarca


== Municipalities ==
The area is since [[1995]] fully interconnected by the [[Metro Bilbao]].
[[File:Leioa Sarriena Santurtzi.jpg|thumb|Sheep, field and farmhouse in Leioa, and buildings of Santurtzi on the background.]]
Greater Bilbao is divided into 25 [[municipality|municipalities]], being [[Bilbao]] the capital city. The 25 municipalities, among with some others, make the [[Bilbao metropolitan area|Metropolitan Area of Bilbao]].


{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
== Municipalities of the Bilbao Metropolitan Area==
|-
<div style="float:left;">
!#
*''' Greater Bilbao Area (35 municipalities)'''
!Municipality
{| class="wikitable" border=1 cellpadding="1"
!Population<br>2018<ref>official estimate from Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Madrid.</ref>
|- bgcolor=silver
!Area in<br> km<sup>2</sup>
! <center>'''Municipality'''</center>
|-
! <center>'''Area'''</center>
|[[File:Escudo de Abanto Vizcaya.svg|20px]]
! <center>'''Population'''</center>
|align="left"|[[Abanto y Ciérbana-Abanto Zierbena|Abanto Zierbena]]
! <center>'''Density'''</center>
|align="right" |9,545
|-
|18

|-
| '''[[Zierbena|Abanto y Zierbena]]'''
|[[File:Escudo de Alonsotegi.svg|20px]]
| align="right" | 18.0 km²
| align="right" | 9,503
|align="left"|[[Alonsotegi]]
| align="right" | 527.9 /km²
|align="right" |2,903
|16

|-
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Arrigorriaga.svg|20px]]

|align="left"|[[Arrigorriaga]]
| '''[[Alonsotegi]]'''
| align="right" | 16.0 km²
|align="right" |12,230
|22.8
| align="right" | 2,745
| align="right" | 171.6 /km²
|-

| '''[[Arrankudiaga]]'''
| align="right" | 20.8 km²
| align="right" | 4,018
| align="right" | 193.2 /km²
|-

| '''[[Arrigorriaga]]'''
| align="right" | 22.8 km²
| align="right" | 12000
| align="right" | 341 /km²
|-

| '''[[Barakaldo]]'''
| align="right" | 24.3 km²
| align="right" | 95,260
| align="right" | 3,920.2 /km²
|-

| '''[[Barrika]]'''
| align="right" | 7.8 km²
| align="right" | 1,337
| align="right" | 171.4 /km²
|-

| '''[[Basauri]]'''
| align="right" | 7.2 km²
| align="right" | 44,052
| align="right" | 6,118.3 /km²
|-

| '''[[Berango]]'''
| align="right" | 8.8 km²
| align="right" | 5,904
| align="right" | 670.9 /km²
|- bgcolor=cyan

| '''[[Bilbao]]'''
| align="right" | 41.3 km²
| align="right" | '''354,145'''
| align="right" | 8,551.4 /km²
|-

| '''[[Derio]]'''
| align="right" | 7.4 km²
| align="right" | 5,030
| align="right" | 679.7 /km²
|-

| '''[[Etxebarri]]'''
| align="right" | 3.3 km²
| align="right" | 7,707
| align="right" | 2,335.5 /km²
|-

| '''[[Erandio]]'''
| align="right" | 18.0 km²
| align="right" | 23,338
| align="right" | 1,296.6 /km²
|-

| '''[[Galdakao]]'''
| align="right" | 31.7 km²
| align="right" | 29,594
| align="right" | 933.6 /km²
|-

| '''[[Górliz]]'''
| align="right" | 10.2 km²
| align="right" | 4,882
| align="right" | 478.6 /km²
|-

| '''[[Getxo]]'''
| align="right" | 11.9 km²
| align="right" | 82,687
| align="right" | 6,948.5 /km²
|-

| '''[[Larrabetzu]]'''
| align="right" | 21.5 km²
| align="right" | 1,647
| align="right" | 76.6 /km²
|-

| '''[[Leioa]]'''
| align="right" | 8.5 km²
| align="right" | 28,858
| align="right" | 3,395.1 /km²
|-

| '''[[Lemoiz]]'''
| align="right" | 14.3 km²
| align="right" | 925
| align="right" | 64.7 /km²
|-

| '''[[Lezama]]'''
| align="right" | 16.5 km²
| align="right" | 2,287
| align="right" | 138.6 /km²
|-

| '''[[Loiu]]'''
| align="right" | 15.3 km²
| align="right" | 2,205
| align="right" | 144.1 /km²
|-

| '''[[Muskiz]]'''
| align="right" | 20.8 km²
| align="right" | 6,682
| align="right" | 321.3 /km²
|-

| '''[[Ortuella]]'''
| align="right" | 7.7 km²
| align="right" | 8,554
| align="right" | 1,110.9 /km²
|-
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Barakaldo.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Barakaldo]]
|align="right" |100,435
|24.3
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Basauri.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Basauri]]
|align="right" |40,762
|7.2
|-
|
|align="left"|'''[[Bilbao]]'''
|align="right" |345,821
|41.2
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Derio.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Derio]]
|align="right" |6,545
|7.4
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Zierbena.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Zierbena]]
|align="right" |1,492
|9.1
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Etxebarri.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Etxebarri]]
|align="right" |11,304
|3.3
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Erandio.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Erandio]]
|align="right" |24,222
|18.0
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Galdakao.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Galdakao]]
|align="right" |29,288
|31.7
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Getxo.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Getxo]]
|align="right" |78,276
|11.9
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Larrabetzu.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Larrabetzu]]
|align="right" |2,029
|21.5
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Leioa.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Leioa]]
|align="right" |31,495
|8.5
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Lezama.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Lezama]]
|align="right" |2,429
|16.5
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Llodio-Laudio.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Laudio]]
|align="right" |18,205
|37.45
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Loiu.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Loiu]]
|align="right" |2,416
|15.3
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Muskiz.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Muskiz]]
|align="right" |7,567
|21.5
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Ortuella.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Ortuella]]
|align="right" |8,360
|7.7
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Portugalete.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Portugalete]] '''(Portugaldeta)'''
|align="right" |45,826
|3.2
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Santurtzi.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Santurtzi]]
|align="right" |45,795
|6.7
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Sestao.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Sestao]] '''(Ziztao)'''
|align="right" |27,445
|3.5
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Sondika.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Sondika]]
|align="right" |4,495
|6.3
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Trapagaran.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Valle de Trápaga-Trapagaran|Trapagaran]]
|align="right" |11,953
|13.1
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Zamudio.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Zamudio]]
|align="right" |3,236
|18.1
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Zaratamo.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Zaratamo]]
|align="right" |1,515
|10.0
|}


== See also ==
| '''[[Plentzia]]'''
| align="right" | 6.3 km²
| align="right" | 3,949
| align="right" | 626.8 /km²
|-


* [[Bilbao metropolitan area]]
| '''[[Portugalete]]'''
* [[Bilbao]]
| align="right" | 3.2 km²
* [[Bilbao la Vieja]]
| align="right" | 49,788
* [[Biscay]]
| align="right" | '''15,558.8 /km²'''
|-


==References==
| '''[[Santurce]]'''(''Santurtzi'')
{{Reflist}}
| align="right" | 7.2 km²
| align="right" | 47,155
| align="right" | 6,549.3 /km²
|-

| '''[[Sestao]]'''
| align="right" | 3.5 km²
| align="right" | 30,350
| align="right" | 8,671.4 /km²
|-

| '''[[Sondika]]'''
| align="right" | 6.3 km²
| align="right" | 4,300
| align="right" | 682.5 /km²
|-

| '''[[Sopelana]]'''
| align="right" | 8.4 km²
| align="right" | 11,469
| align="right" | 1,365.4 /km²
|-

| '''[[Ugao-Miraballes]]'''
| align="right" | 5.2 km²
| align="right" | 4,060
| align="right" | 780.8 /km²
|-

| '''[[Urduliz]]'''
| align="right" | 7.8 km²
| align="right" | 3,241
| align="right" | 415.5 /km²
|-

| '''[[Valle de Trápaga-Trapagaran|Trapagaran]]'''
| align="right" | 13.1 km²
| align="right" | 12,580
| align="right" | 960.3 /km²
|-

| '''[[Zamudio]]'''
| align="right" | 18.1 km²
| align="right" | 3,176
| align="right" | 175.5 /km²
|-

| '''[[Zaratamo]]'''
| align="right" | 10.0 km²
| align="right" | 1,624
| align="right" | 162.4 /km²

|-

| '''[[Zeberio]]'''
| align="right" | '''47.1 km²'''
| align="right" | 1,027
| align="right" | 21.8 /km²

|- bgcolor=gray
| '''Total'''
| align="right" | '''494.7 km²'''
| align="right" | '''907,362'''
| align="right" | '''1,832.2 /km²'''
|}
</div>
<div style="float:right;">
*'''Satellite towns (6 municipalities)'''<br>
{| class="wikitable" border=1 cellpadding="1"
|- bgcolor=silver
! <center>'''Municipality'''</center>
! <center>'''Population'''</center>
|-
| '''[[Amorebieta]]'''
| align="right" | 16,800
|-
| '''[[Castro Urdiales]]'''
| align="right" | 26,800

|-
| '''[[Durango, Biscay|Durango]]'''
| align="right" | 26,131
|-
| '''[[Laudio]]'''
| align="right" | 18,623
|-
| '''[[Lemoa]]'''
| align="right" | 2,831
|-
| '''[[Mungia]]'''
| align="right" | 14,052
|- bgcolor=gray
| '''Total'''
| align="right" | '''98,437'''
|- bgcolor=gray
| '''Total Met. Area'''
| align="right" | '''1,005,799'''
|}
</div>
<div style="float:right;">
[[Image:Granbilbao.jpg|thumb|250px|View of the region from Rontegi Bridge, [[Barakaldo]].]]
</div>
<div style="width:40%;>


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{commonscat-inline|Bilboaldea}}
{| class="wikitable"
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070213212527/http://www.bizkaia.net/Bizkaia_Informazioa/bmaitea/Bizkaia_Informazioa/Castellano/informacion_general/rutas_y_lugares/ca_GRANBI.asp Comarca del Gran Bilbao (Biscay Government)].
|-
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060209152518/http://www.guiabizkaia.com/gbilbao/PRESENTACION/index.htm Comarca del Gran Bilbao]
|
*[http://www.bizkaia.net/bizkaia_informazioa/bmaitea/bizkaia_informazioa/castellano/informacion_general/Rutas_y_lugares/ca_GRANBI.asp Comarca del Gran Bilbao (Bizkaia Government)].
* [http://www.guiabizkaia.com/gbilbao/PRESENTACION/index.htm Comarca del Gran Bilbao]
* [http://www.bilbaoria2000.com/ Bilbao Ría 2000].
* [http://www.bilbaoria2000.com/ Bilbao Ría 2000].
* [http://www.bm30.es/Welcome_es.html Bilbao Metrópoli-30].
* [http://www.bm30.es/Welcome_es.html Bilbao Metrópoli-30].


|}
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{{Comarcas of Basque Country}}
{{Comarcas of Basque Country}}
{{Bizkaia}}


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Latest revision as of 11:21, 5 January 2023

Not to be confused with Bilbao metropolitan area, which includes this region.
Greater Bilbao
Bilboaldea
Eskualdea / Comarca
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityBasque Country
ProvinceBiscay
CapitalBilbao
Area
 • Total361.3 km2 (139.5 sq mi)

Greater Bilbao (Basque: Bilboaldea, Spanish: Gran Bilbao) is an administrative division of the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. It is one of the seven comarcas of Biscay and the most populated one. The capital city of Greater Bilbao is Bilbao.

Greater Bilbao is made by the municipalities situated along the Estuary of Bilbao which themselves form a conurbation, which metropolitan area is the fifth most populous in Spain.

Geography[edit]

Greater Bilbao (in blue) within Biscay.

Greater Bilbao, or Bilboaldea, is located at the northwest of the province of Biscay, limiting with the comarcas of Enkarterri in the west, Mungialdea and Busturialdea in the east, Durangaldea in the southeast and Arratia-Nerbioi in the south. The Bay of Biscay limits at north.

Divisions[edit]

Gran Bilbao real color image taken by NASA's Landsat satellite.
Infrared image taken July 5th 2000 by ASTER sensor on board NASA's Terra satellite. Reddish areas are vegetation zones, dark blue zones are water bodies, white zones are clouds, their shadows can be clearly seen and greenish pixels denote the densely urbanized areas beside the Nervion river. Source: Earth Observatory (NASA).

Greater Bilbao can be divided into six subcomarcas or subregions:

Municipalities[edit]

Sheep, field and farmhouse in Leioa, and buildings of Santurtzi on the background.

Greater Bilbao is divided into 25 municipalities, being Bilbao the capital city. The 25 municipalities, among with some others, make the Metropolitan Area of Bilbao.

# Municipality Population
2018[1] 		Area in
km2
Abanto Zierbena 9,545 18
Alonsotegi 2,903 16
Arrigorriaga 12,230 22.8
Barakaldo 100,435 24.3
Basauri 40,762 7.2
Bilbao 345,821 41.2
Derio 6,545 7.4
Zierbena 1,492 9.1
Etxebarri 11,304 3.3
Erandio 24,222 18.0
Galdakao 29,288 31.7
Getxo 78,276 11.9
Larrabetzu 2,029 21.5
Leioa 31,495 8.5
Lezama 2,429 16.5
Laudio 18,205 37.45
Loiu 2,416 15.3
Muskiz 7,567 21.5
Ortuella 8,360 7.7
Portugalete (Portugaldeta) 45,826 3.2
Santurtzi 45,795 6.7
Sestao (Ziztao) 27,445 3.5
Sondika 4,495 6.3
Trapagaran 11,953 13.1
Zamudio 3,236 18.1
Zaratamo 1,515 10.0

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References[edit]

  1. ^ official estimate from Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Madrid.

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