Donostialdea

Donostialdea is one of the eight regions of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Autonomous Community, corresponding to the basin of the lower Urumea River, along with a strip of basin corresponding to the Oria River, the region borrowing its name from Donostia-San Sebastián, the capital city of Gipuzkoa in Spain. The region comprises eleven municipalities extending in an area of 305.72 km² (see below, data released in 2006). It borders in the east with the region or subcomarca of Oarsoaldea, on the south with Leitzaldea or Norte de Aralar in Spanish (Navarre), on the west with Urola Kosta and on the north with the Bay of Biscay.

Partial view of Donostialdea

#	Municipality	Mayor	Party	Area km²	Population (2010)	% Population
1	Donostia-San Sebastián	Juan Carlos Izagirre	Bildu	60.89	185,510	57.0
2	Errenteria	Julen Mendoza Pérez	Bildu	32.26	39,010	12.0
3	Hernani	Luis Intxauspe Arozena	Bildu	39.82	19,317	5.9
4	Lasarte-Oria	Pablo Barrio Ramírez	Bildu	6.01	17,863	5.5
5	Pasaia	Amaya Aguirregabiria Alberdi	Bildu	11.34	15,988	4.9
6	Andoain	Ana Maria Karrere Zabala	Bildu	27.17	14,670	4.5
7	Oiartzun	Aiora Pérez de San Román	Bildu	59.71	9,957	3.1
8	Urnieta	Mikel Pagola Tolosa	EAJ/PNV	22.40	6,166	1.9
9	Lezo	Ainhoa Zabalo Loyarte	Bildu	8.59	6,034	1.9
10	Usurbil	Mertxe Aizpurua Olano	Bildu	25.64	6,006	1.8
11	Astigarraga	Andoni Gartzia Arruabarrena	Bildu	11.89	4,714	1.4
	Donostialdea			305.72	325,235	100.0

Map of Donostialdea

The area is served by the Metro Donostialdea, a service of Euskotren Trena or Basque Railways.

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