Basauri is a major municipality of Biscay, in the Basque Country, an Autonomous Community in northern Spain.
The town is a part of the Greater Bilbao conurbation, being only a few kilometers south of Bilbao. It is an industrial town that also includes monuments such as the tower-house of Ariz. It holds the only prison in the province, located where the rivers Nervión and Ibaizabal meet. The municipality (municipio) had a 2001 census population of 45,045 persons living on a land area of 7.01 km² (2.707 sq mi).
External links
- Official website (in Basque / Spanish)
Coordinates: 43°14′N 2°53′W / 43.233°N 2.883°W
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