Erandio | |
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Municipality | |
 Erandio | |
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  Erandio Location of Erandio within the Basque Country | |
| Coordinates:43°18′17″N2°58′23″W / 43.30472°N 2.97306°W /43.30472; -2.97306 | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Basque Country |
| Province | Biscay |
| Comarca | Greater Bilbao |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Aitziber Oliban Gutiérrez (PNV) |
| Area | |
• Total | 18 km2 (6.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation (AMSL) | 2 m (6.6 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 24,659 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2)) |
| Postal code | 48950 |
| Area code | +34 (Spain) + 94 (Biscay) |
| Website | Town Council |
Erandio is a town andmunicipality located in the province ofBiscay, in the autonomous community ofBasque Country, northernSpain.
In 1415, during theWar of the Bands, thecorregidor, the royally-appointed governor of the Biscayanhermandad, acting on royal orders, siphoned off Biscayan wheat to theAsturias, inciting a rebellion. The Biscayans were defeated at Erandio with the loss of sixty men and the wheat transfers continued.
Several annual festivals are celebrated in Erandio.
The main festivals arePatronal festivals (fiestas patronalesin Spanish) (patronage festivals, held in the days around the date dedicated to thepatron saints under whose advocation churches and hermits are).
The local public holiday of the municipality rotates yearly on August 10, August 28 and thecorpus Christi day.[2]
Erandio has also celebrated a street music festival calledMusikale, with music bands marching and playing in the neighbourhoods of Altzaga and Astrabudua. Musikale had been originally conceived in the neighbouring municipality of Leioa. For some years it was held simultaneously in Leioa, Erandio, Basauri and Sestao, but the other municipalities dropped it, and in 2013 only Erandio organised it.[3]
Other public festivals celebrated in September are the recreation of a traditional rural Basque wedding in Astrabudua, andErandio Magikoa and open-air Festival of Magic held in different neighbourhoods.
While Asua and Erandio Goikoa are just 3 Km away fromBilbao Airport, other parts of the municipality, like Astrabudua are more than 6 Km away. There is no direct public transport from Erandio to the passenger's terminal, though buses can be taken in the neighbouring municipalities of Loiu and Bilbao.
Erandio is connected to other municipalities of Biscay (likeBarakaldo,Bermeo,Bilbao,Derio,Getxo,Larrabetzu,Laukiz,Leioa,Mungia andMuskiz) byBizkaibus bus services[4] and byline 1 of theBilbao metro, which has three stations in Erandio (Lutxana,Erandio, andAstrabudua), and byEuskotren trains.
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There are several bridges over the minor rivers, such asAsua, but there is currently only one bridge over theEstuary of Bilbao, formed by theIbaizabal -Nervión river, theRontegi bridge only for motorised vehicles.
There is a project for a pedestrian bridge, which will be calledAll Iron Zubia between Erandio and Barakaldo.
Erandio was also connected to Barakaldo by fluvial passenger transport over the Estuary, first by rowing boats, and since the 20th century[5] in motorised boats, which were popularly known asgasolino. Regular fluvial transport service was interrupted in February 2024, due to economic difficulties caused by the rise of fuel prices and the competence of land public transport,[6][7] though private boats are occasionally hired for leisure travel along the estuary.
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