Amorebieta-Etxano , also known as Zornotza ( Spanish , Amorebieta-Echano ), is a town and municipality located in Biscay in the Basque Country , an Autonomous Community in northern Spain.
16-529: At the time of the 2019 census, the population of the municipality was 19,339, with 16,907 inhabitants living in Amorebieta. The mayor is Andoni Agirrebeitia. Amorebieta-Etxano is an inland town in the comarca of Duranguesado in the province of Biscay in northern Spain. It is about 25 km (16 mi) east of Bilbao and close to the European route E70 which runs along the north coast of Spain. It
32-632: A Uribe-Kosta district along with those in Mungialdea (referred to by Eustat as Plentzia-Mungia, with the term Uribe-Bertoe also used), while the Left Bank and the Meatzaldea [ eu ] , the area's former mining zone, is merged into the mainly rural western Enkarterri comarca which previously governed the districts as a larger merindad , as was the case for the Right Bank in
48-547: A province but larger than a municipality . The officer in charge of a merindad was called a merino , roughly equivalent to the English count or bailiff . It was used in the kingdoms of Castile and Navarre . Connected to the birth of Castile, the Merindades , standing for a northernmost comarca of the province of Burgos, was part of the creation of the administrative division by King Peter . Currently,
64-507: A few thousand residents each, while its capital Vitoria-Gasteiz (which is also a single municipality) is considered either to be in its own comarca or by far the most prominent component of the wider Llanada Alavesa , containing over 250,000 residents under either arrangement. In Gipuzkoa, the Donostialdea comarca (population 330,000) includes not only the provincial capital San Sebastián (municipality population 185,000) but many of
80-455: A merger between Amorebieta and Etxano, two communities in the historic administrative district of Merindad de Zornotza. The other parts of the district were merged into the neighbouring municipality of Muxika . The new coat of arms shows the union between Amorebieta and Etxano. In the 2014 census, Amorebieta had a population of 16,907 while that of Etxano was 221. The town is divided into several districts. The church of Santa María de la Asunción
96-592: Is in the centre of Amorebieta on the banks of the Ibaizaba. It is a large Renaissance building started in 1555 and opened for worship in 1608 and is noted for its altarpiece. Another Renaissance church is the Parroquia de San Juan Bautista de Larrea. This dates back to 1647, and in 1704 it was given to the Carmelite Order to found a convent. In San Antonio is the hermitage of San Miguel de Dudea, and nearby
112-533: Is located in the valley of the River Ibaizabal ; this river joins the River Nervión a few kilometres to the north, after which it is sometimes called the "Nervión-Ibaizabal" because the two rivers are very similar in size. Amorebieta-Etxano is situated among rugged mountains and has a rich historical heritage. The municipality of Amorebieta-Etxano came into being on 26 January 1951 as the result of
128-803: Is the Neoclassical López Palace. A branch of the international company Tecnalia Research & Innovation is located here in the Parque Empresarial Boroa where the firm employs 1500 people. 43°13′9″N 2°44′3″W / 43.21917°N 2.73417°W / 43.21917; -2.73417 Comarcas of the Basque Country The autonomous community of the Basque Country within Spain contains several comarcas or eskualdeak in
144-676: The Basque language , referring to local districts, grouped into its three long-established provinces . The Basque Government 's statistics department Eustat has divided the districts using a 20-comarca model (seven in Biscay , seven in Gipuzkoa and six in Álava ) in its reports relating to the local economy and demographic trends on a consistent basis since at least 1999: As the comarca boundaries are not defined in law, various other broadly similar combinations have been published depending on
160-509: The Uribe merindad. The Hego Uribe area south of Bilbao tends to remain grouped with the city when other adjustments are made, or is linked with Arratia-Nervión if counted as an outlying zone. Gipuzkoa province : the southern portion of the Urola Kosta comarca (primarily Azpeitia and Azkoitia ) has been listed separately as Urola Erdia [ eu ] (Mid-Urola). Similarly,
176-635: The Oarsoaldea name even being adopted by some for this larger area. Less commonly, the name Buruntzaldea [ eu ] has been used to refer collectively to the cluster of towns south of San Sebastián ( Lasarte-Oria , Hernani , Astigarraga , Andoain ). Álava province : the main deviation from the Eustat comarcas (known here as cuadrillas ) is in the representation of the capital Vitoria-Gasteiz , which alternatively has its own district comprising its urban municipality alone. In this alignment
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#1732791139406192-720: The date, range and purpose of the data collection. Examples include: Biscay province : the conurbations on either side of the Estuary of Bilbao within the Greater Bilbao comarca, known as the Left Bank and the Right Bank , are sometimes counted separately both from one another and from the city of Bilbao itself. Less commonly, the Getxo area on the Right Bank and the adjacent suburban Txorierri valley are grouped in
208-464: The province's other more rural comarcas, despite in theory being two administrative levels below. This article about a location in the Basque Country, Spain, is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Merindad Merindad ( Spanish pronunciation: [meɾinˈdað] ) is a Mediaeval Spanish administrative term for a country subdivision smaller than
224-514: The smaller towns surrounding the city, leading to two further subdivisions being created in some contexts to represent these communities in a more balanced way. The most striking contrast is in Biscay, where the capital city Bilbao (again a single municipality with approximately 350,000 residents) is just one part of the Greater Bilbao comarca which has 850,000 within its boundaries. Bilbao's eight city districts are comparable in population to four of
240-448: The western part of Goierri (around Zumarraga ) has been recorded as the separate Urola Garaia [ eu ] (Upper Urola) district. In the Donostialdea comarca (by far the most heavily populated, containing the city of San Sebastián and its satellite towns), the eastern part centred on Errenteria and Pasaia has been referred to as Oarsoaldea , and in some cases this has been combined with neighbouring Bidasoaldea , with
256-549: The western part of the rump Llanada Alavesa comarca is assigned to Gorbeialdea . The territory of Treviño is entirely surrounded by Álava, but is an exclave of the Province of Burgos and does not figure in the Basque considerations (its future status is a matter of dispute between the administrations). As with the municipalities across Spain, the populations of each comarca vary widely; rural sectors of Álava cover only
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