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The [[Spain|Spanish]] region of the '''Gran Bilbao''' (''Greater Bilbao'') is constituted by a set of municipalities along the Nervión river ending at its mouth, that due to their growth has gotten physically united looking like a single [[city]] (see [[conurbation]]).
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'''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]].
==Geography==
[[Image:Aster bilbao lrg.jpg|thumb|350px|[[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]]).]]


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]].
The region's municipalities are: [[Alonsotegi]], [[Arrigorriaga]], [[Barakaldo]], [[Basauri]], [[Bilbao]], [[Derio]], [[Etxebarri]], [[Erandio]], [[Galdakao]], [[Getxo]], [[Larrabetzu]], [[Lejona]], [[Lezama]], [[Loiu]], [[Ortuella]], [[Portugalete]], [[Santurtzi]], [[Sestao]], [[Sondika]], [[Trapagaran]], [[Zamudio]] and [[Zaratamo]],
In some occasions this region is mistakenly called '''[[metropolitan area|Metropolitan]] Bilbao ''' but this entity is greater than the official Gran Bilbao region limits, as defined by the [[Basque Country]]'s Territorial Directives, including [[Abanto y Zierbena]], [[Arrankudiaga]], [[Barrika]], [[Berango]], [[Gorliz]], [[Lemoniz]], [[Muskiz]], [[Plentzia]], [[Sopelana]], [[Miraballes]], [[Urduliz]] and [[Zeberio]].


== Geography ==
It's the sixth most populated [[metropolitan area]] of [[Spain]], with over 900,000, which is the most part of the 1,100,000 inhabitants of the [[Bizkaia]] province (the city of [[Bilbao]] has 353,000) and almost half of the [[Basque Country]]'s population.


[[File:Comarcas de Bizkaia.png|thumb|right|250px|Greater Bilbao (in blue) within Biscay.]]
==Urban Regeneration==


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 main municipalities of the region and metropolitan area, [[Bilbao]] and [[Barakaldo]], and the Basque and Spanish Governments constituted in 1992 the organization '' Bilbao Ria 2000 '' for the city-planning regeneration of Bilbao and its surroundings, indeed being these the municipalities more punished by the intense industrial activity and the great amount of contaminated grounds and industrial ruins that derived from that activity. Among the projects that it has impelled this institution is the recovery of Abandoibarra, once industrial ground and the place where the [[Guggenheim Museum Bilbao]] and the Euskalduna Palace are located now.


=== Divisions ===
Parallelly exists the association ''Bilbao Metropoli-30'', constituted in 1991 by the City council of Bilbao, Biscay and Basque Governments and diverse public and private organizations for the regeneration of Metropolitan Bilbao.


[[File:bilbao satelite.png|thumb|250px|Gran Bilbao real color image taken by [[NASA]]'s [[Landsat]] [[satellite]].]]
The area is since [[1995]] fully interconected by the [[Metro Bilbao]].
[[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:
== Municipalities of the Bilbao Metropolitan Area==


* 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]])
*''' Bilbao Metropolitan Area (35 municipalities)'''
*''[[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
{| {{tablabonita}} border=1 cellpading="3"
*''[[Right Bank (Biscay)|The right bank]]'': A mainly residential area, including [[Erandio]], [[Leioa]], and the more affluent [[Getxo]]; earlier part of Uribe
|- bgcolor=silver
*''The [[mining]] zone'' west of the left bank, where the main [[iron ore]] resources were located: [[Muskiz]], [[Gallarta]], [[Ortuella]]; earlier part of Enkarterri
! <center>'''Municipality'''</center>
*''[[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
! <center>'''Area'''</center>
*''[[Hego Uribe]]'', south-east of Bilbao including [[Basauri]], [[Galdakao]] and [[Arrigorriaga]]; earlier part of Uribe
! <center>'''Population'''</center>
*''[[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
! <center>'''Density'''</center>
|-


== Municipalities ==
| '''[[Abanto y Zierbena]]'''
[[File:Leioa Sarriena Santurtzi.jpg|thumb|Sheep, field and farmhouse in Leioa, and buildings of Santurtzi on the background.]]
| align="right" | 18,0 km²
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]].
| align="right" | 9.503
| align="right" | 527,9 /km²
|-


{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
| '''[[Alonsotegi]]'''
| align="right" | 16,0 km²
| 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
|-

| '''[[Baracaldo]]'''(''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
|-

| '''[[Bilbao]]'''(''Bilbo'')
| align="right" | '''41,3 km²'''
| align="right" | '''353.173'''
| align="right" | '''8.551,4 /km²'''
|-
| '''[[Zeberio]]'''
| align="right" | 47,1 km²
| align="right" | 1.027
| align="right" | 21,8 /km²
|-
| '''[[Zierbena]]'''
| align="right" | 9,2 km²
| align="right" | 1.283
| align="right" | 139,5 /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
|-

| '''[[Gorliz]]'''
| 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
|-
|-
!#
!Municipality
!Population<br>2018<ref>official estimate from Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Madrid.</ref>
!Area in<br> km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Abanto Vizcaya.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Abanto y Ciérbana-Abanto Zierbena|Abanto Zierbena]]
|align="right" |9,545
|18
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Alonsotegi.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Alonsotegi]]
|align="right" |2,903
|16
|-
|[[File:Escudo de Arrigorriaga.svg|20px]]
|align="left"|[[Arrigorriaga]]
|align="right" |12,230
|22.8
|-
|[[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
|-


== External links ==
| '''[[Sestao]]'''
* {{commonscat-inline|Bilboaldea}}
| align="right" | 3,5 km²
*[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)].
| align="right" | 30.350
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060209152518/http://www.guiabizkaia.com/gbilbao/PRESENTACION/index.htm Comarca del Gran Bilbao]
| 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
|-
| '''[[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
|-

| '''Total'''
| align="right" | '''494,7 km²'''
| align="right" | '''906.390'''
| align="right" | '''1.832,2 /km²'''
|}

== External Links ==
* [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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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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

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