Santurtzi

Municipality

Santurce

Flag

Coat of arms

Santurtzi

Location of Santurtzi within the Basque Country

Coordinates: 43°19′49″N 03°1′53″W / 43.33028°N 3.03139°WCoordinates: 43°19′49″N 03°1′53″W / 43.33028°N 3.03139°W

Country

Spain

Founded

1075, first written reference

Government

• Alcalde

Ricardo Ituarte (PNV)

Area

• Total

6.77 km² (2.61 sq mi)

Elevation

2 m (7 ft)

Population (2009)

• Total

46,978

• Density

6,900/km² (18,000/sq mi)

Demonym(s)

Santurzano, santurtziarra (eusk.)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

48980

Official language(s)

Basque

Website

Official website

Santurtzi (Spanish: Santurce; Basque: Santurtzi) is a port town in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, Spain. It is located in the Bilbao Abra bay, near the mouth of the Nervión river, on its left bank, 14 km downriver from Bilbao and forms part of the Greater Bilbao agglomeration. It has a population of 47,320 (2006) and a land area of 6.77 km².

The district of Santurce of the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico derives its name from Santurtzi.

Santurtzi has a very rough orography although excluding Mount Serantes (452m) - one of its most symbolic topographic elements, it is not at high altitude, the significant heights being spurs of the Serantes: The Mallet (245m) and the Fortified heights (123 and 106m). Its relief is within the north flank of the anticline of Biscay. It is a relief of a structural type corresponding to a series of materials of the Cretaceous period (limestone) throughout Punta Lucero-Serantes smoothly inclined towards the Estuary of Bilbao.

The climate in Santurtzi is of the humid oceanic climate type. The temperatures are moderate throughout the year, with more frequent rains in spring and autumn, winters are benign and summers not excessively warm. The average temperature is 20 °C (70ªF) in summer and 8 °C (48ªF) in winter.

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