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13-523: Lasesarre is a stadium in Barakaldo , Spain . It is currently used for football matches and is the home stadium of Barakaldo CF . The stadium holds 7,960 spectators. 43°18′10″N 2°59′11″W  /  43.30278°N 2.98639°W  / 43.30278; -2.98639 This article about a Spanish sports venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Barakaldo The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica original entry on

26-774: A recent increase has sent the population to 100,502 residents. Tourists visit sites in Barakaldo such as the Botanic Garden, the Bilbao Exhibition Centre , the medieval Bridge of Castrexana, and some of the city's street sculptures. In July, the town celebrates "Las Fiestas del Carmen," which includes open-air concerts and large fairs. Barakaldo is represented by the Barakaldo Club de Fútbol in Spain's Segunda División B . They play home games at

39-632: Is the A-8 motorway , which also goes between Bilbao. It serves as the main road link between Greater Bilbao and the rest of Spain. A boat ferry service connects Barakaldo to the other side of the Estuary of Bilbao in Erandio . Barakaldo is located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Bilbao Airport . Population peaked in the 1990s to over 100,300. The decline of local industry decreased the population, though, and in 2002, 95,000 people lived in Barakaldo. However,

52-418: Is the championship's most successful club with 27 titles, having dominated the competition throughout the 1980s and most of the 1990s, while SD Itxako has become its major team in recent years, ending the hegemony of Valencian clubs for the past three decades. The Spanish leading teams have been fairly successful in international competitions since the 1990s. Mar Valencia won the 1997 Champions League and

65-630: The Estadio Nuevo Lasesarre . A second team, SD Retuerto Sport , plays in Tercera División . Local league teams include Gurutzeta KFT , UD Burtzeña, Pauldarrak FKT, Zuazo C.F. and S.C.D. Dosa-Salesianos. Handball has played a part in Barakaldo's tradition. Now , two teams are present in competitions: Club Balonmano Zuazo Femenino, playing in División de Honor Femenina de Balonmano , and Club Balonmano Barakaldo who plays in

78-643: The Liga ASOBAL . Bizkaia Arena is an indoor arena with a capacity of 18,640. It hosted some games of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup . Divisi%C3%B3n de Honor Femenina de Balonmano División de Honor Femenina de Balonmano or Liga Guerreras Iberdrola after sponsorship of Iberdrola , is the premier women's professional handball league in Spain . It is administered by the Royal Spanish Handball Federation (RFEBM). It

91-591: The 2000 Cup Winners' Cup , while CB Amadeo Tortajada and SD Itxako have won the EHF Cup . In 2011 Itxako and CB Mar Alicante reached the final of the Champions League and the Cup Winners' Cup respectively. It changed its official name before 2011–12 season to División de Honor Femenina de Balonmano. It was called Liga ABF between 2003 and 2011. Each team of every division has to play with all

104-413: The growth of shipping at Bilbao. The low flat country round Barakaldo is covered with maize, pod fruit and vines". Iron mining formed a large part of Barakaldo's industry, making it the endpoint of a mining railway. The steel industry, led by Altos Hornos de Vizcaya , had an important presence during the 20th century, until the industrial recession hit the region's economy in the 1980s. In recent decades,

117-401: The industrial zones surrounding Barakaldo have become less prominent, which can be owed to the shuttering of large companies such as Babcock & Wilcox . Although several factories remain, areas that were once industrial have been redeveloped into residential properties such as malls and parks. A large exhibition centre. the Bilbao Exhibition Centre has recently been built on the outskirts of

130-415: The other teams of its division twice, once at home and the other at the opponent's stadium. This means that as its counterparts of Liga ASOBAL, each División de Honor season ends after every team plays 26 matches. Like many other leagues in continental Europe, the División de Honor takes a winter break once each team has played half its schedule. One unusual feature of the league is that the two halves of

143-474: The town stated: "Pop.(1900): 15,013. Few Spanish towns have developed more rapidly than Baracaldo [ sic ], which nearly doubled its population between 1880 and 1900. During this period many immigrant labourers settled here; for the iron works and dynamite factory of Baracaldo prospered greatly, owing to the increased output of the Biscayan mines, the extension of railways in the neighbourhood, and

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156-658: The town. Barakaldo is connected to the rest of the Greater Bilbao metropolitan area by Line 2 of the Metro Bilbao . Four stations are in the city: Gurutzeta/Cruces , Ansio , Barakaldo and Bagatza ). The Cercanías Bilbao train line has two stations in Barakaldo (Lutxana and Desertu-Barakaldo). BizkaiBus company provides a bus service, with connections to the rest of Biscay. Locally, an urban bus system named Kbus operates with two lines. A tram line has been proposed to connect local districts. The main motorway

169-481: Was established in 1952, and it is currently contested by twelve teams. The 4 last ranked teams are relegated to División de Honor Oro Femenina, league newly created for the 2022-2023 season. For a long time, the 2nd level of the spanish women's handball pyramid was División de Plata (the 3rd level as of now). The championship was founded in 1953, though it was cancelled in 1955 before it was resumed in 1961. Balonmano Sagunto , formerly known as Medina/Íber/Mar Valencia

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