Erandio

Erandio
Erandio
	Municipality
	Erandio
	Coat airms
	Erandio Location in Spain
	Coordinates: 43°18′17″N 2°58′23″W / 43.30472°N 2.97306°W
Kintra	Spain
Autonomous commonty	Basque Kintra
Province	Biscay
Comarca	Greater Bilbao
Govrenment
• Mayor	Joseba Goikouria Zarraga (PNV)
Area
• Total	18 km2 (7 sq mi)
Elevation (AMSL)	2 m (7 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	24,326
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2))
Postal code	48950
Area code(s)	+34 (Spain) + 94 (Biscay)
Website	Toun Haw

Erandio is a toun an municipality locatit in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous commonty o Basque Kintra, northern Spain.

In 1415, durin the War o the Baunds, the corregidor, the ryally-appointit govrenor o the Biscayan hermandad, actin on ryal orders, siphoned aff Biscayan wheat tae the Asturias, incitin a rebellion. The Biscayans wur defeatit at Erandio wi the loss o saxty men an the wheat transfers continued.

Festivals

Several annual festivals are celebratit in Erandio. Maist o thaim are fiestas patronales (patronage festivals, held in the days aroond the date dedicatit tae the patron saunts unner whose advocation kirks an hermits are). The local public holiday o the municipality rotates yearly on August 10, August 28 an the corpus Christi day.^[1]

Juin 11, Saunt Barnabas in Fano / Faoeta.
Juin 13, Saunt Anthony o Padua in Martiartu, Goierri.
June 29, Saint Peter in Kukularra.
Julie 3, Saunt Tryphon in Arriaga.
Julie 10, Saunt Christopher in Goierri.
Seicont hauf o Julie in Asua.
August 10, Saunt Lawrence in Astrabudua.
August 15, Andra Maria (Oor Lady Mary) in Erandio Goikoa (August 15, the day o the Assumption o the Virgin Mary is a public holiday in Spain).
August 17 an 18: Saint Mammes in Santimami (Saunt Mammes' hermit lees on the municipal border an maist o the festival acts are held on Leioa's ground).
August 28, Saunt Augustine in Altzaga.
First week o September in Enekuri.
Third week o September in Lutxana.

Erandio haes celebratit a street muisic festival cried Musikale an aw, wi muisic baunds mairchin an playin in the neebourheids o Altzaga and Astrabudua. Musikale wis oreeginally conceived in the neebourin municipality o Leioa. For some years it wis held simultaneously in Leioa, Erandio, Basauri an Sestao, but the ither municipalities droppit it, an in 2013 anerly Erandio organisit it.^[2]

Transport

Erandio is connectit tae ither municipalities o Biscay (like Barakaldo, Bermeo, Bilbao, Derio, Getxo, Larrabetzu, Laukiz, Leioa, Mungia an Muskiz) bi Bizkaibus bus services ^[3] an bi Line 1 o Metro Bilbao, which haes three stations in Erandio (Lutxana, Erandio, an Astrabudua). It is connectit tae Barakaldo an aw bi regular fluvial transport ower the Estuar o Bilbao.

References

↑ Fiestas Archived 2014-10-23 at the Wayback Machine Wab page o Erandio Municipal Council (in Spaingie)
↑ Íñigo Sánchez de Luna, Musikale sobrevive en Erandio Archived 2014-05-12 at the Wayback Machine, El Correo, September 19, 2013(in Spaingie)
↑ Queries Web of the Foral Diputation of Biscay (in Inglis)

Freemit airtins

ERANDIO in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spaingie)

Coordinates: 43°18′N 2°57′W / 43.300°N 2.950°W / 43.300; -2.950

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[1] Fiestas Archived 2014-10-23 at the Wayback Machine Wab page o Erandio Municipal Council (in Spaingie)

[2] Íñigo Sánchez de Luna, Musikale sobrevive en Erandio Archived 2014-05-12 at the Wayback Machine, El Correo, September 19, 2013(in Spaingie)

[3] Queries Web of the Foral Diputation of Biscay (in Inglis)

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