Ondarroa

Municipality in Basque Country, Spain

43°19′19″N 2°25′10″W / 43.32194°N 2.41944°W / 43.32194; -2.41944Country SpainAutonomous community Basque CountryProvinceBiscayComarcaLea-ArtibaiGovernment • MayorArgia Ituarte (EH Bildu)Area • Total3.6 km² (1.4 sq mi)Population • Total8,397 • Density2,300/km² (6,000/sq mi)DemonymOndarrutarraTime zoneUTC+1 (CET)Postal codeWebsiteOfficial website

Ondarroa is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Autonomous Community, northern Spain.

Main sights

• Church of St. Mary, in late Gothic style (late 15th century)
• Likona Tower, a typical Basque tower-house.
• Itsas Aurre Bridge, designed by Santiago Calatrava

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  Likona Tower
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  Church of St. Mary
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  Old Bridge
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  Itsas Aurre Bridge

People

• Pedro Maria Unanue (1814-1846)
• Txomin Agirre (1864-1920)
• Agustin Zubikarai (1914-2004)
• Karmele Urresti Iturrioz (1916-2010)
• Dina Bilbao (1960-1997) - athlete
• Ana Urkiza (b. 1969) - writer
• Kirmen Uribe (b. 1970) - writer
• Kepa Arrizabalaga (b. 1994) - goalkeeper for Real Madrid On loan from Chelsea football club and Spain, previously of Athletic Bilbao

Twin towns

• Santa Flavia, Italy
• Borj, Western Sahara

References

External links

• ONDARROA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
• Ondarroa Town Hall (in Spanish and Basque)

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