Basauri | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Basauri Location of Basauri within the Basque Country  Basauri Location of Basauri within Spain | |
| 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 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-Council |
| • Alcalde | Asier Iragorri (PNV) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 7.01 km2 (2.71 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Municipality | 40,762 |
| • Density | 5,800/km2 (15,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 910,578 |
| Demonym | Basauritarra |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 48970 |
| Dialing code | +34 94 |
| Official language(s) | Basque, Spanish |
| Website | Official website |
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 40,589 inhabitants (2019).
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.