Ortuella

Ortuella is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country, northern Spain.

Ortuella
Municipality
View from Serantes
Coat of arms
Ortuella
Location of Ortuella within the Basque Country
Coordinates: 43°18′37″N 3°3′25″W
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityBasque Country
ProvinceBiscay
ComarcaGreater Bilbao
Segregated1901
Government
 • AlcaldeOskar Martínez Zamora (EAJ-PNV)
Area
 • Total7.65 km2 (2.95 sq mi)
Elevation
66 m (217 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total8,360
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Demonym(s)ortuellatarra
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
48530
Official language(s)Basque
WebsiteOfficial website

Nowadays part of Greater Bilbao region, until the beginning of the 19th century it was integrated in the Valley of Somorrostro of the Encartaciones next to the Santurtzi. In 1901 the locality segregated from the Council of the Santurtzi, those days happening to denominate the Santurce-Ortuella. This segregation was motivated by an increase of population due to the mining height of end of the 19th century, being the district of Ortuella the one of greater population in the Council. In the 1980s, and by means of the resolution of March 27, 1981, the name of the municipality definitively lost the term "Santurce", simply being " Ortuella", which was the usual name used by their citizens.

Ortuella was the site of a deadly explosion at the Marcelino Ugalde Primary School on October 23, 1980, that killed 50 schoolchildren and 14 adults, and injured killed and injured an additional 128.[2][3]

The patron saint of Ortuella is Saint Felix of Cantalica (May 18), name of the main church of the municipality.

Neighborhoods

Ortuella is administratively divided into 6 neighborhoods or wards:[4]

  • Cadegal (Pop. 46)
  • Orconera (Pop. 39)
  • Nocedal (Pop. 204)
  • Ortuella (Pop. 7.475)
  • Triano (Pop. 10)
  • Urioste (Pop. 803)

Demography
Population of Ortuella
1897190019101920193019401950196019701981199120012006
**5,0415,5286,0605,6885,6817,6338,0119,1008,9768,6848,618

References
  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. "Blast Kills 64 in a School in Spain; 100 Injured as Building Is Leveled", The New York Times, October 24, 1980, pA1
  3. "Spanish school blast kills 64, injures more than 100", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 24, 1980, p4
  4. Euskaltzaindia. "Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia (EODA): Ortuella". Euskaltzaindia. Retrieved 20 June 2010.


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