Muskiz

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Muskiz

| settlement_type = Municipality

| official_name =

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| image_skyline = Somorrostro desde El Campillo.jpg

| image_alt =

| image_caption = View from Gallarta

| image_flag = Muskiz bandera.gif

| image_shield = Escudo de Muskiz.svg

| nickname =

| motto =

| pushpin_map = Spain Basque Country#Spain

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Muskiz within the Basque Country##Location of Muskiz within Spain

| 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 =

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| coordinates = {{coord|43|19|24|N|3|7|18|W|region:ES_type:city|display=inline,title}}

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| elevation_m = 10

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| area_total_km2 = 21.5

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| population_as_of = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

| population_footnotes = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

| population_total = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

| population_demonym = muskiztarra

| population_note =

| population_density_km2 = auto

| blank_name_sec1 = Official language(s)

| blank_info_sec1 = Basque, Spanish

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

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| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 48550

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code =

| leader_title = Alcalde

| leader_name = Borja Liaño

| leader_party = EAJ-PNV

| website = {{Official website|http://www.muskiz.org}}

| footnotes =

}}

{{Expand Basque|Muskiz|topic=geo|date=June 2010}}

Muskiz is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, northern Spain.

Neighborhoods

Muskiz is administratively divided into six neighborhoods or wards:{{cite web |url= http://www.muskiz.com/biblioteca/Documentos/MUSKIZ_ENTIDADES.pdf|title=Las entidades de población del municipio de Muskiz y su denominación |author=Carlos Glaria |date= 31 January 2002 |publisher= Muskizko Udala |access-date=19 June 2010}}{{cite web |url= http://www.euskaltzaindia.net/index.php?option=com_eoda&Itemid=206&lang=eu&nonkodea=2.4.02.03&view=toponimia|author=Euskaltzaindia|author-link=Euskaltzaindia|title=Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia (EODA): Muskiz|publisher= Euskaltzaindia |access-date=19 June 2010}}

Image:2008 03 29 Covaron castillo.jpg

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! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Official name

! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Basque name

CobarónKobaron
(La) RigadaLarrainaga
PobeñaPobeña
San JuanSan Juan Muskiz
San JuliánSan Julian
SantelicesSantelices

Demography

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|+ style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| Population of Muskiz

! 1897 !! 1900 !! 1910 !! 1920 !! 1930 !! 1940 !! 1950 !! 1960 !! 1970 !! 1981 !! 1991 !! 2001 !! 2006

align=center| 2,468align=center| 2,663align=center| 4,069align=center| 4,239align=center| 4,345align=center| 4,060align=center| 4,077align=center| 4,733align=center| 6,011align=center| 6,054align=center| 6,358align=center| 6,558align=center | 6,839

Economy

File:2011-10-22 Muskiz Petronor Munatones.jpg

In the 1970s the petrochemical company Petronor built a refinery with a 222 metres tall chimney called La Catalítica.

Notable people

  • Nicolás de la Quadra, painter
  • Jose Ramon Campos, painter{{Cite web |title=JOSE RAMON CAMPOS MARTIN – BigFoot.ch |date=June 2022 |url=https://bigfoot.ch/2022/06/01/jose-ramon-campos-martin/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |language=en-US}}

References

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