Santurtzi

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Santurtzi municipality
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Santurtzi coat of arms
Santurtzi (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Basque Country
Province : Bizkaia
Comarca : Busturialdea
Coordinates 43 ° 20 ′  N , 3 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 20 ′  N , 3 ° 2 ′  W
Height : 2  msnm
Area : 6.77 km²
Residents : 45,853 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 6,772.97 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 48980
Municipality number  ( INE ): 48082
Nearest airport : Bilbao airport
administration
Website : www.ayto-santurtzi.net

Santurtzi [ san'tuɾtsi ] ( Basque ) or Santurce [ san'tuɾθe ] ( Spanish ) is a city in the greater Bilbao area in the Spanish Basque Country .

geography

Serantes mountain near Santurce

Santurtzi is located on the Ría de Bilbao , 14 km from Bilbao, not far from the coast of the Bay of Biscay at 6  msnm . The city area is 6.8 km², the population density is 6773 inhabitants per km². The 446 m high, emblematic conical mountain Serantes is located directly on the town .

The climate is maritime with moderate summers and mild winters, the average temperature is 20 ° C in summer and 8 ° C in winter.

history

Santurtzi was first mentioned in a document in 1075 (foundation of the Church of San Jorge ). The town has been characterized by agriculture and fishing since the Middle Ages, later during industrialization by ore mining in the nearby Montes de Triano mountains . Since 1902 , the city has housed the outer port of Bilbao, which has been continuously expanded since then and has contributed to the economic importance of the place.

gastronomy

A well-known specialty of the city are the grilled sardines , as they can be found in the fish restaurants in the old fishing port .

Infrastructure

Santurtzi is on the A8 Bilbao - Santander motorway . Since 2009 the place has been connected to the city center of Bilbao with the subway line 2 of the Metro de Bilbao . In addition, local trains run by the RENFE company run to the provincial capital.

As the outer port of Bilbao, the port of Santurtzi is one of the most important commercial ports in northern Spain.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

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

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).