Bizkaia

Vizcaya is a redirect to this article. See also: Vizcaya (disambiguation) .

Bizkaia Basque Country Autonomous Community ,  Spain
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Designations
Basque name :	Bizkaia
[[{{{Language2}}} e language | {{{language2}}} er name]]:	Vizcaya
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Basque Country Autonomous Community
Capital :	Bilbao
Official languages :	Spanish , Basque
Area :	2,217 km²
Residents :	1,152,651 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	519.91 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 :	ES-BI
Website :	bizkaia.net
Location of the Province of Vizcaya

The province of Bizkaia ( Basque Bizkaia , Spanish Vizcaya ) is one of the three provinces of the Basque Country Autonomous Region in Spain . Bizkaia extends over 2,217.28 km². The population density is 520 inhabitants per square kilometer. The capital of the province is Bilbao (Basque Bilbo ). Former license plate was BI , zip code is 48xxx.

geography

Division of the Basque Country
(in a broader sense):

Basque Country Autonomous Region

Autonomous Region of Navarre

French Basque Country

Coastline in Biscay

The province of Bizkaia is located on the north coast of the Iberian Peninsula .

It borders on Cantabria in the northwest , the province of Burgos in the southwest , Araba / Álava in the south and Gipuzkoa / Guipúzcoa in the east . The land border with the other provinces is 167 km long, the coastline to the Bay of Biscay , for which the Basque province is named, is 80 km; the province also includes some small, uninhabited islands such as B. Aketze . The highest point is Mount Gorbea at 1,480 m.

The climate is maritime with cool summers and mild winters. As in the other regions on the north coast of Spain, the annual rainfall is quite high.

Cities

The islet of San Juan de Gaztelugatxe on the Biscay coast between Bermeo and Bakio

In addition to the international trading port in Bilbao, there are also the well-known fishing ports of Armintza, Bermeo , Elantxobe, Getxo , Lekeitio , Mundaka , Ondarroa , Plentzia, Portugalete , Santurtzi and Zierbana on the coast of the province of Bizkaia .

Largest communities

As of January 1, 2019

local community	Spanish name	Residents
Bilbo	Bilbao	346,843
Barakaldo	Baracaldo	100,881
Getxo	Guecho	77,946
Portugalete	Portugalete	45,766
Santurtzi	Santurce	45,853
Basauri	Basauri	40,589
Leioa	Lejona	31,795
Galdakao	Galdácano	29,326
Sestao	Sestao	27,296
Durango	Durango	29,791
Erandio	Erandio	24,350
Amorebieta-Etxano	Amorebieta-Echano	19,339
Bermeo	Bermeo	16,765
Mungia	Munguía	17,691
Gernika-Lumo	Guernica y Luno	17,016
Ermua	Ermua	15,880
Sopelana	Sopelana	13,878
Arrigorriaga	Arrigorriaga	12,160
Trapagaran	Valle de Trápaga	11,985
Echévarri	Echévarri	11,563

Population development of the province

history

In the Middle Ages, Bizkaia was a sovereign part of the Kingdom of Asturias and, from the 11th century, Castile . The Lords of Biscay, who initially referred to themselves as "Counts and Sovereigns of Biscay" ( Conde y Soberano de Vizcaya ), were among the most powerful nobles in the country, especially since they were also entrusted with the office of Alférez Mayor (royal standard bearer) of Castile for a long time which was usually associated with the office of commander of the royal army. The connection of the family (which later took the name Haro ) in the middle of the 14th century with a branch line of the ruling house of Burgundy-Ivrea , which had inherited the property of the house of Lara , was established for the Castilian kings Alfonso XI. and Peter the Cruel ( Pedro el Cruel ) became a permanent threat: the last members of the count's family were among the victims who were murdered during Peter's reign. Biskaya came to a not blood-related cousin who was also the wife of Henry of Trastamara , whereby Biskaya fell to the royal family after Henry had won the throne in 1369.

Lords of Biscay

• Iñigo López Ezquerra, 1042 Count and Sovereign of Biscay, † probably 1077
• Lope Iñíguez, his son, 1077–93 Count and sovereign of Biscay
• Diego López, † 1124, his son, 1093–1124 Count and sovereign of Biscay
• Lope Díaz, † 1170, his son, 1124–1170 Count of Haro , sovereign of Biscay
• Diego López el Bueno, † 1214, his son, 1170–1214 Count of Haro, sovereign of Biscay
• Lope Díaz de Haro, called Cabeza Brava , † 1236, his son, 1214–36 sovereign of Biscay
• Diego López de Haro, † 1254, his son, 1236–54 sovereign of Biscay
• Lope Díaz de Haro, † 1288, his son, 1254–88 sovereign of Biscay
• Diego López de Haro, † 1288/92, his son, sovereign of Biscay
• Diego López de Haro, † 1310, brother of Lope Diáz, 1288–1310 sovereign of Biscay
• María Díaz de Haro, † 1342, daughter of Lope Díaz, 1310–42 sovereign of Biscay; ⚭ Juan, Infante of Castile, X 1319, Lord of Valencia de Campos ( House of Burgundy-Ivrea )
• Juan of Castile, called el Tuerto , † murdered 1326, their son, 1319–26 Lord of Biscay
• María Díaz de Haro, † 1351, his daughter, mistress of Biscay; ⚭ 1331
• Juan Núñez de Lara, † 1350, lord of Lara and Biskaya, son of Ferdinand II. De la Cerda
• Nuño Díaz de Haro, † 1352, their son, Lord of Lara and Biskaya
• Juana Núñez de Lara, † murdered in 1359, daughter of Juan Núñez de Lara, mistress of Lara and Biscay; ⚭ Tello Bastard of Castile , Lord of Aguilar de Campoo and Castañeda , † 1370
• Isabel Núñez de Lara, † murdered 1361, her sister, mistress of Lara and Biscay; ⚭ 1354 Juan, Infante of Aragon, Lord of Elche , † murdered in 1358
  • Blanca de la Cerda, † 1347, sister of Juan Núñez de Lara; ⚭ 1328 Juan Manuel of Castile , † 1348
• Juana Manuel of Castile, † 1381, her daughter, mistress of Lara and Biscay; ⚭ 1350 Heinrich (Enrique) II , 1369/79 King of Castile
  • Maria de la Cerda, Blanca's sister; ⚭ Charles of Évreux , † 1336, Count of Étampes ( House of France-Évreux )
  • Ludwig , † 1400, their son, Count of Étampes, Lord of Lara, titular count of Biskaya
• John I (Juan) , † 1390, son of Juana Manuel and Heinrich II. Of Castile, 1371 Lord of Lara and Biscay, 1379 King of Castile and León
• Ferdinand I (Fernando) , † 1416, his son, Lord of Lara and Biscay, 1412 King of Aragon etc. (Biscay falls back to Castile)
  • John II (Juan) , † 1454, his nephew, King of Castile and León
  • Henry IV (Enrique) , † 1474, his son, King of Castile and León
• Isabella I (Isabel la Católica) , † 1504, his daughter, 1474 Queen of Castile etc., mistress of Biscay
• ...

literature

• Detlev Schwennicke : European Family Tables Volume III.1 (1984) Plate 117/118 (Los Soberanos de Vizcaya)

Web links

Commons : Bizkaia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Province of Biscay

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).