Leioa

Leioa municipality
Leioa, Main Street (2004)
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Basque Country
Province :	Bizkaia
Coordinates	43 ° 20 ′  N , 2 ° 59 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 20 ′  N , 2 ° 59 ′  W
Height :	30  msnm
Area :	8.52 km²
Residents :	31,795 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	3,731.81 inhabitants / km²
Founding:	1526
Postal code :	48940
Municipality number  ( INE ):	48054

Leioa (Spanish: Lejona) is a municipality on the Bay of Biscay in northern Spain's Basque Country . It is located south of the municipalities of Getxo and Berango and borders Erandio to the east and south . Leioa belongs to the metropolitan area of Bilbao and has a population of 31,795 people (as of 2019) in an area of ​​8.52 square kilometers. The Udondo flows to the east of the municipality .

history

Leioa belonged to the "antiglesia de Erandio" and was founded in 1526. The population grew rapidly in the 1970s.

Web links

Commons : Leioa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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).