Sestao

Sestao
Town Hall
Town Hall
Flag of Sestao
Coat of arms of Sestao
Sestao is located in the Basque Country
Sestao
Sestao
Location of Sestao within the Basque Country
Sestao is located in Spain
Sestao
Sestao
Sestao (Spain)
Coordinates: 43°18′39″N 3°0′20″W / 43.31083°N 3.00556°W / 43.31083; -3.00556
Country Spain
Autonomous community Basque Country
ProvinceBiscay
ComarcaGreater Bilbao
Segregatted1805
Government
 • AlcaldeAinhoa Basabe Meléndez (EAJ-PNV)
Area
 • Total
3.49 km2 (1.35 sq mi)
Elevation
68 m (223 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total
27,445
 • Density7,900/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Demonymsestaotarra[2]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
48910
Official language(s)Basque
WebsiteOfficial website

Sestao is a town and municipality of 27,296 inhabitants located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. It is in the left bank of the Estuary of Bilbao and part of Bilbao's metropolitan area.[3]

Sestao was the place of the most important steel industry of Biscay, Altos Hornos de Vizcaya.

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ Euskaltzaindia. "Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia (EODA): Sestao" (in Basque). Euskaltzaindia. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  3. ^ Ainhoa Arozamena Ayala. "Auñamendi Encyclopedia: Sestao" (in Spanish). Eusko Ikaskuntza. Retrieved 3 July 2010.