Gautegiz Arteaga

Gautegiz Arteaga
Gautéguiz de Arteaga
Coat of arms of Gautegiz Arteaga
Location in Biscay
Location in Biscay
Gautegiz Arteaga is located in Spain
Gautegiz Arteaga
Gautegiz Arteaga
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 43°22′5″N 2°39′8″W / 43.36806°N 2.65222°W / 43.36806; -2.65222
Kintra Spain
Autonomous community País Vasco
ProvinceBiscay
ComarcaBusturialdea
Area
 • Total13.57 km2 (5.24 sq mi)
Elevation
45 m (148 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total840
 • Density62/km2 (160/sq mi)

Gautegiz Arteaga (Spanish: Gautéguiz de Arteaga) is a town in Biscay, in the northern Spanish autonomous community of the Basque Country.

It is located on the right bank of the Urdaibai estuary.

Its most emblematic building is the Arteaga Tower, a medieval castle rebuilt in the 19th century for the French empress Eugénie de Montijo.

Arteaga Tower
  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.