Ortuella | |
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 View fraeSerantes | |
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 Location o Muskiz in Biscay. | |
  Ortuella Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates:43°18′37″N3°3′25″W / 43.31028°N 3.05694°W /43.31028; -3.05694Coordinates:43°18′37″N3°3′25″W / 43.31028°N 3.05694°W /43.31028; -3.05694 | |
| Kintra |  Spain |
| Autonomous commonty |  País Vasco |
| Province | Biscay |
| Comarca | Greater Bilbao |
| Segregatit | 1901 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Alcalde | Oskar Martínez Zamora (EAJ-PNV) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.65 km2 (2.95 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 66 m (217 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 8,520 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | ortuellatarra |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 48530 |
| Offeecial leid(s) | Basque |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Ortuella is a toun anmunicipality locatit in the province oBiscay, in theautonomous commonty oBasque Kintra, northren Spain.
Nowadays pairt oGreater Bilbao region, till the beginnin o 19t hunderyear it wis integratit in theValley o Somorrostro o theEncartaciones next tae theSanturtzi. In 1901 the locality segregated frae the Cooncil o the Santurtzi, those days happenin tae denominate the Santurce-Ortuella. This segregation wis motivatit bi a increase o population due tae the minin hicht o end o 19t hunderyear, bein the destrict o Ortuella the ane o greater population in the cooncil. In the 1980s, an bi means o the resolution o 27 Mairch 1981, the name o the municipality definitively lost the term "Santurce", simply bein " Ortuella", which wis the uisual name uised bi their ceetizens.
Thepatron saunt of Ortuella is SauntFelix o Cantalica (Mey 18), name o the main kirk o the municipality.
Ortuella is admeenistratively dividit intae 6 neebourheids or wairds:[1]
| 1897 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * | * | 5,041 | 5,528 | 6,060 | 5,688 | 5,681 | 7,633 | 8,011 | 9,100 | 8,976 | 8,684 | 8,618 |
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