Portugalete

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Portugalete (Portugaldeta)

| settlement_type = Municipality

| official_name = Noble Villa de Portugalete

| native_name =

| image_skyline = Portugalete Vizcaya Bridge 001.jpg

| image_alt = Portugalete from Vizcaya Bridge

| image_caption = Portugalete from Vizcaya Bridge

| image_flag = Portugalete_bandera.svg

| image_shield = Escudo de Portugalete.svg

| nickname =

| motto =

| image_map = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=285|frame-height=180|frame-align=center|frame-coordinates={{Coord|39.8|N|3.7|W}}|zoom=4|type=point|title=Portugalete|marker=city|type2=shape|stroke-width2=2|stroke-color2=#808080|text=Interactive map of Portugalete.}}

|map_caption = Location of Portugalete

| 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 =

| seat =

| coordinates = {{coord|43|19|10|N|3|1|10|W|region:ES_type:city|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 26

| elevation_min_m =

| elevation_max_m =

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 3.21

| established_title = Founded

| established_date = 1322

| 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 = Portugalujo/a, Jarrillero/a, Portulano/a

| population_note =

| population_density_km2 = auto

| blank_name_sec1 = Official language(s)

| blank_info_sec1 = Basque and Spanish

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 48920

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code =

| leader_title = Alcalde

| leader_name = Mikel Torres Lorenzo

| leader_party = PSE-EE

| website = {{official website|http://www.portugalete.org}}

| footnotes =

}}

Portugalete is a town lying to the west of Bilbao in the province of Biscay in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain.

The town has 45,294 inhabitants as of 2021 and is part of Bilbao's metropolitan area. It is located at the mouth of the Estuary of Bilbao, on the left bank. Its land area is only 3.21 km², resulting in a population density of 15,908.4 persons/km², the fifth-most densely populated municipality in Spain (following Mislata, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Benetússer, and Santa Coloma de Gramenet). It was established in 1322 by María Díaz de Haro.{{cite encyclopedia |title= Portugalete|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |date= |year=2008 |last= |first= |publisher= |location= |id= |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Portugalete |access-date=3 February 2024}}