The main boulevard in Leioa (Looking south towards Bilbao). Leioa (Lejona was the earlier Spanish-language name) is a municipality in Vizcaya, Basque Country, in northern Spain. Today it is part of the Bilbao conurbation, and it is the name of a metro station stop in the Bilbao metro. Its population stands at approximately 28.400. Municipality of Leioa, Euskadi Copied from Spanish vertion. ...
Municipality of Leioa, Euskadi Copied from Spanish vertion. ...
Vizcaya province Vizcaya (Basque Bizkaia) is a province of northern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ...
Capital Vitoria-Gasteiz Official languages Basque and Spanish Area â Total â % of Spain Ranked 14th 7 234 km² 1,4% Population â Total (2003) â % of Spain â Density Ranked 7th 2 108 281 5,0% 291,44/km² Demonym â English â Basque â Spanish Basque euskal herritar, euskaldun vasco/a, vascongado/a Statute of Autonomy...
Cityscape of Bilbao, with the Guggenheim Museum on the bottom right Bilbao from satellite (NASA World Wind Landsat) Bilbao (Basque: Bilbo) in the North of Spain, is the largest city in the Pais Vasco and the capital of the province of Vizcaya (Basque: Bizkaia). ...
A conurbation is an urban area comprising a number of cities or towns which, through population growth and expansion, have physically merged to form one continuous built up area. ...
The contract for the underground metro system in Bilbao, Spain was awarded to architects Sir Norman Foster and partners in 1988 following an open competition as metro was decided to be the best method to improve congestion problems in the evolving and regenerating city. ...
History It was a village with no more than a 3000 people until fifty years ago, when development came its way, as Bilbao expanded. Today with a rapidly increasing population it is becoming part of metropolitan Bilbao. Cityscape of Bilbao, with the Guggenheim Museum on the bottom right Bilbao from satellite (NASA World Wind Landsat) Bilbao (Basque: Bilbo) in the North of Spain, is the largest city in the Pais Vasco and the capital of the province of Vizcaya (Basque: Bizkaia). ...
A metropolis (in Greek metera = mother and polis = city/town) is a major city, which is an economical and cultural center for some country, and usually a hub for its international connections. ...
Features The municipality of Leioa still retains much of its agricultural past and out of the urban centre many traditional Basque houses can still be seen on little family farms. Though rapid development puts their long term future in question. The University of the Basque Country (EHU-UPV Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea - Universidad del Pais Vasco) has most faculties within this municipality. The Basques are an indigenous people who inhabit parts of both Spain and France. ...
External link - LEIOA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) Information available in Spanish
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