Greater Bilbao

No tae be ramfeeselt wi the Bilbao metropolitan aurie, which includes this region.

Greater Bilbao (Basque: Bilboaldea, Spaingie: Gran Bilbao) is a admeenistrative diveesion o the province o Biscay, in the Basque Kintra, Spain. It is ane o the seiven comarcas o Biscay an the maist populatit ane. The caipital ceety o Greater Bilbao is Bilbao.

Greater Bilbao is made bi the municipalities situatit alang the Estuar o Bilbao which thairsels shape a conurbation, which metropolitan aurie is the fift maist populous in Spain.

Geografie

Greater Bilbao (in blue) athin Biscay.

Greater Bilbao, or Bilboaldea, is locatit at the northwast o the province o Biscay, limitin wi the comarcas o Enkarterri in the wast, Mungialdea an Busturialdea in the east, Durangaldea in the sootheast an Arratia-Nerbioi in the sooth. The Bay o Biscay limits at north.

Greater Bilbao can be dividit intae sax subcomarcas or subregions:

The ceety o Bilbao.
The left bank: Tradeetionally a industrial, port, an manufacturin zone. It includes Barakaldo, Sestao, Portugalete an Santurtzi.
The richt bank: A residential aurie, including Erandio, Leioa, an the mair affluent Getxo,.
The minin zone, whaur the main airn ore resources wur locatit: Muskiz, Gallarta, Ortuella
Txoriherri, wide expansion zone whaur the internaitional airport an the Varsity o the Basque Kintra are locatit.
Hego Uribe, includin Basauri, Galdakao an Arrigorriaga.
Uribe-Kosta: the coastal aurie north o Getxo is bein integratit intae the metropolitan aurie in the recent years, wi the development o law density residential auries connectit bi the metro.

Sheep, field an fermhoose in Leioa, an biggins o Santurtzi on the backgrund.

Greater Bilbao is dividit intae 25 municipalities, bein Bilbao the caipital ceety. The 25 municipalities, amang some ithers, mak the Bilbao metropolitan aurie.

Municipality	Population	Territory km²
Abanto Zierbena	9.647	18
Alonsotegi	2.835	16
Arrigorriaga	12.435	22,8
Barakaldo	100.502	24,3
Basauri	42.657	7,2
Bilbao	354.860	41,2
Derio	5.307	7,4
Zierbena	1.382	9,1
Etxebarri	9.171	3,3
Erandio	24.262	18
Galdakao	29.226	31,7
Getxo	80.770	11,9
Larrabetzu	1.874	21,5
Leioa	30.079	8,5
Lezama	2.465	16,5
Loiu	2.290	15,3
Muskiz	7.216	21,5
Ortuella	8.520	7,7
Portugalete	48.105	3,2
Santurtzi	46.978	6,7
Sestao	29.476	3,5
Sondika	4.536	6,3
Trapagaran	12.353	13,1
Zamudio	3.203	18,1
Zaratamo	1.735	10