Laudio/Llodio
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| name = Laudio / Llodio
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| settlement_type = Municipality
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| image_caption = Town hall of Laudio/Llodio
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| image_shield = Escudo de Llodio-Laudio.svg
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| coordinates = {{Coord|43|09|N|2|58|W|region:ES_type:city|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = Autonomous Community
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| subdivision_type2 = Province
| subdivision_name2 = Álava
| subdivision_type3 = Comarca
| subdivision_name3 = Cuadrilla de Ayala
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| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Ander Añibarro Maestre
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| area_total_km2 = 37.56
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| elevation_m = 130
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| timezone1 = CET
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Laudio in Basque or Llodio in Spanish is a town and municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain.
Geography and Demography
Elections and local administration
=Municipal election=
Since the 2019 Municipal elections the Mayor of Llodio is Ander Añibarro Maestre (PNV). The Basque Nationalist Party PNV/EAJ has 7 municipal councillors on Llodio Town Council, Bildu has 5, the local group Omnia has 3 while the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left has 2.
=General election=
The results of the 2004 Spanish General Election in Llodio were as follows:
- PNV - Partido Nacionalista Vasco: 37.9%
- PSE-EE (PSOE - EE) Partido Socialista de Euskadi: 27.8%
- PP - Partido Popular: 18.6%
- EB-IU - Izquierda Unida: 6.9%
- EA - Eusko Alkartasuna: 4.8%
- ARALAR-ZUTI - Aralar-Zutik: 2.0%
Sport
The town has a local athletics club, Club de Atletismo de Laudio, which has its own track and field stadium (the Estadio Ellakuri). The club has hosted the Cross Internacional Valle de Llodio, an annual international cross country running event, since 1985.[http://www.crossllodio.com/cross.htm Cross Internacional] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208171405/http://www.crossllodio.com/cross.htm |date=2010-12-08 }} {{in lang|es}}. C.A de Laudio. Retrieved on 2010-12-03.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120616202653/http://www.laudiokoudala.net/ City Council Website] {{in lang|es|eu}}
- [http://www.euskomedia.org/euskomedia/SAunamendi?idi=en&op=7&voz=LLODIO LLODIO in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)] {{in lang|es}}
- [http://local.google.com/local?f=q&hl=en&q=llodio,+Spain&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=43.142957,-2.956352&spn=0.050477,0.155525 Aerial view of Llodio (Google maps)]
{{Alava municipalities}}
{{Authority control}}
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Category:Municipalities in Álava
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