Otxandio

Otxandio (in Basque an offeecially, in Spaingie Ochandiano) is a toun an municipality locatit in the province o Biscay, in the Basque Kintra, Spain. Otxandio is pairt o the comarca o Durangaldea an haes a population o 1.269 indwallers as o 2010 accordin tae the Spaingie Naitional Stateestics Institute.

Otxandio
Municipality
Coat airms
Location o Otxandio in Biscay.
Kintra	Spain
Autonomous commonty	País Vasco
Province	Biscay
Comarca	Durangaldea
Govrenment
• Mayor	Santi Uribe (Bildu)
Area
• Total	1,243 km2 (480 sq mi)
Elevation	554 m (1,818 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1.269
• Density	0.0010/km2 (0.0026/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Otxanditarra
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	48210
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Toponymy

The name o the toun is documentit for the first time in the 12t hunderyear. Housomeivver, it wad no be considered a toun till the 18t hunderyear. The name in Spaingie, Ochandiano is a anthroponym shapit bi a name an the -ano suffix, o Laitin oreegin, probably frae the evolution o the suffix -anum. The oreegin o the wird seems tae come frae the Basque wirds Ochoa Handia, that mey be translatit as "big wouf".

The name in Basque, Otxandio comes frae the phonetic evolution o the Spaingie variation, Ochandiano, gien due tae the loss o the intervocalic n; frae Ochandiano tae Ochandiao an then Ochandio. Then, the adaptation tae the Basque orthographic rules chynges Ochandio tae Otxandio.

Syne 1984, the offeecial name o the municipality is Otxandio.

Geografie

Otxandio serves durin centuries as the port o entry o Biscay frae Álava. It is locatit at the soothmaist pairt o the province an leemits wi Abadiño at north, Dima at north an wast, Ubide at soothwast an the province o Álava at sooth.

Notable fowk

• Athletic Bilbao left-back Koikili Lertxundi wis born in Otxandio.

Freemit airtins

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