Basauri
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| Coordinates: 43°14′12″N 02°53′24″W / 43.23667°N 2.89000°W | |||
| Country | Spain | ||
| Autonomous community | Basque Country | ||
| Province | Biscay | ||
| Comarca | Greater Bilbao | ||
| Founded | 1510 | ||
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| • Type | Mayor-Council | ||
| • Alcalde | Andoni Busquet Elorrieta (PNV) | ||
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| • Municipality | 7.01 km2 (2.71 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2012) | |||
| • Municipality | 42,971 | ||
| • Density | 6,100/km2 (16,000/sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 910,578 | ||
| Demonym(s) | Basauritarra | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 48970 | ||
| Dialing code | +34 94 | ||
| Official language(s) | Basque, Spanish | ||
Basauri is a major municipality of Biscay, in the Basque Country, an Autonomous Community in northern Spain.
The town is a part of the Greater Bilbao conurbation, being only a few kilometers south of Bilbao. It is an industrial town that also includes monuments such as the tower-house of Ariz. It holds the only prison in the province, located where the rivers Nervión and Ibaizabal meet. The municipality has 42,971 inhabitants (2012).
Basauri is located in the metropolitan region of the Greater Bilbao, on both sides of the river Nervión and the lower valley of the river Nervión and Ibaizabal. Basauri is located at joining point of the two most important rivers of Biscay, forming a small river plain (in the border with Etxebarri) a series of meanders have been built, now engaged in their most industrial facilities. Basauri also joins the roads coming from Orduña-Urduña and Durango following the course of the two rivers. A neighborhood took its name from the joining of both paths: Bidebieta (two paths).
From the river area where the municipality was born, the land rises gradually culminating in the mountain Malmasín (361 m) of clayey nature, in the border with Arrigorriaga.
Bordered on the north by Bilbao, Etxebarri and Galdakao, on the south and west by Arrigorriaga and on the east Galdakao and Zaratamo.
Basauri is in an oceanic climate zone, warm and humid. Rainfall is well distributed throughout the year, finding no particular rainy season. Temperatures are moderate throughout the year, with small thermal fluctuations.
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