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Portugalete

Field	Value
name	Portugalete (Portugaldeta)
settlement_type	Municipality
official_name	Noble Villa de Portugalete
native_name
image_skyline	Portugalete Vizcaya Bridge 001.jpg
image_alt	Portugalete from Vizcaya Bridge
image_caption	Portugalete from Vizcaya Bridge
image_flag	Portugalete_bandera.svg
image_shield	Escudo de Portugalete.svg
image_map
map_caption	Location of Portugalete
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Spain
subdivision_type1	Autonomous community
subdivision_name1	Basque Country
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	Biscay
subdivision_type3	Comarca
subdivision_name3	Greater Bilbao
seat_type
coordinates
elevation_m	26
area_total_km2	3.21
established_title	Founded
established_date	1322
population_as_of
population_footnotes
population_total
population_demonym	Portugalujo/a, Jarrillero/a, Portulano/a
population_density_km2	auto
blank_name_sec1	Official language(s)
blank_info_sec1	Basque and Spanish
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	48920
area_code_type	Dialing code
leader_title	Alcalde
leader_name	Mikel Torres Lorenzo
leader_party	PSE-EE
website

Portugalete is a town lying to the west of Bilbao in the province of Biscay in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain.

The town has 45,294 inhabitants as of 2021 and is part of Bilbao's metropolitan area. It is located at the mouth of the Estuary of Bilbao, on the left bank. Its land area is only 3.21 km², resulting in a population density of 15,908.4 persons/km², the fifth-most densely populated municipality in Spain (following Mislata, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Benetússer, and Santa Coloma de Gramenet). It was established in 1322 by María Díaz de Haro.

Etymology

Despite its name, it is not near the Spanish border with Portugal and its name is not etymologically related to that country: it is derived, instead, from a phonetic adaptation of its Basque name (Portu-Ugaldeta) (edges of the port) to the Spanish language.

Transporter bridge

The town has the Vizcaya Bridge, a transporter bridge inaugurated in 1893. The car ferry is suspended from a frame by wires attached to wheels on tracks above the cabin and moves from one side of the River Nervión to the other (Getxo) via a traction system.

This bridge was declared a World Heritage Site in 2006.

Demographics

Festivals

San Roque Festivals

The festivals officially last four days, from 14 to 17 August, the main festivities occurring on 15 and 16 August, San Roque Day. The people sing the song "La Diana Portugaluja" outside the Town Hall in the morning of 15 August to mark the eve of San Roque Day.

Monuments

Monuments in Portugalete include the 15th century Basílica of Santa María, Salazar's Tower and the town hall in addition to the mediaeval arches and streets in the older part of the town.

References

(2008). "Portugalete".
(4 August 2018). "El primer puente transbordador del mundo: 125 años de éxito". [[abc.es]].
"Vizcaya Bridge".
"Changes in the municipalities in the population census since 1842". [[National Institute of Statistics (Spain).

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