Amurrio
| Amurrio | ||
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Amurrio Town Hall
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 Amurrio
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| Coordinates: 43°03′10″N 3°00′05″W / 43.05278°N 3.00139°WCoordinates: 43°03′10″N 3°00′05″W / 43.05278°N 3.00139°W | ||
| Country | Spain | |
| Autonomous community | Basque Country | |
| Province | Alava | |
| Comarca | Aiaraldea | |
| Founded | 1919 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Josune Irabien Marigorta (Basque Nationalist Party) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 96.36 km2 (37.20 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 219 m (719 ft) | |
| Population (2012) | ||
| • Total | 10.114 | |
| • Density | 0.10/km2 (0.27/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 01470 | |
| Official language(s) |
Basque Spanish |
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| Website | Official website | |
Amurrio is a town and municipality located in the northwest part of the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain. It has over 10,000 inhabitants. It is between Vitoria-Gasteiz and Bilbao, respectively to 41 km and 31 km.
Amurrio is in border with the following towns:
Amurrio has 10 towns within its township:
Amurrio entered into written history in 1095. It had its own council in 1842 -since before it belonged to Ayala-, and made itself totally independent in 1919. It is, thus, a town with an old flavour, while at the same time, as one sees in its architecture and the strength of its industry, it is full of youthful vigour.
Amurrio remained a farming area even with the rise of industry. In the fifties there were small workshops working with gold and silver and with liqueurs. Also there were enterprises working with railways and valves. All of them helped to prop up the weak agricultural economy of the area.
The great change, nevertheless, occurred a few years later with the setting up of major steel companies; which, with their promise for the future, attracted people form other lands. They brought Amurrio their rich human diversity, and the population doubles in the ten years leading up to 1975. In 1976 it acquired nine more towns, forming today's administrative division.
Amurrio's economy revolves principally around industry, despite services are also important. This countryside is in close harmony with industry, since not in vain do more than 60% of the population work in factories and workshops.
Historically, steel and tube production have been the best known industry in Amurrio. Due to the 21st century petroleum crisis, many more job positions were created. Nowadays, in between Amurrio and Llodio are located two of the most significant steel tubes producer of the The Basque Country and Europe: Tubacex and Tubos Reunidos.
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