Ortuella

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Municipality in Basque Country, Spain

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43°18′37″N 3°3′25″W / 43.31028°N 3.05694°W / 43.31028; -3.05694CountrySpainAutonomous communityBasque CountryProvinceBiscayComarcaGreater BilbaoSegregated1901Government

• 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)DemonymortuellatarraTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

48530

Official language(s)BasqueWebsiteOfficial website

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

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 27 March 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 23 October 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 (18 May), the 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
1897	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1981	1991	2001	2006
*	*	5,041	5,528	6,060	5,688	5,681	7,633	8,011	9,100	8,976	8,684	8,618

Notable people

Joseba Agirre, footballer
José Arechavaleta, botanist
Pepeo Calleja, footballer
Florencio Constantino, operatic tenor
Juan Antonio Ipiña, football manager

References

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