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According to the Basque Statistics Office, the population of Bilbao is 342,397 people as of 2017, [91] distributed on a land area of 40.59 km 2 (16 sq mi), making Bilbao the largest city by population of the Basque Autonomous Community and of the Basque Country as a whole. Bilbao makes the main component of the Bilbao metropolitan area, with a ...
The Basque Country (Basque: Euskal Herria; Spanish: País Vasco; French: Pays basque) is the name given to the home of the Basque people. [1] The Basque Country is located in the western Pyrenees, straddling the border between France and Spain on the coast of the Bay of Biscay.
The Basques (Basque: Euskaldunak) are an indigenous ethno-linguistic group mainly inhabiting the Basque Country (adjacent areas of Spain and France).Their history is therefore interconnected with Spanish and French history and also with the history of many other past and present countries, particularly in Europe and the Americas, where a large number of their descendants keep attached to their ...
Whilst Vitoria-Gasteiz is the largest municipality in area, with 277 km 2 (107 sq mi), Bilbao is the largest in population, with 353,187 people, located in the province of Biscay within a conurbation of 875,552 people. The term Basque Country may also refer to the larger cultural region (Basque: Euskal Herria), the home of the Basque people ...
In 2011, around 40,000 people marched through Bilbao calling for ETA prisoners to be moved closer to their homes and for an amnesty. [11] In 2014, 110,000 people marched in Bilbao in support of Basque independence and bringing ETA prisoners to be held closer to home. [12] In 2017, over 40,000 people marched in Bilbao in support of Catalan ...
Basque Country (autonomous community) (Basque: Euskadi; Spanish: País Vasco, French: Pays Basque), also called Euskadi, is an autonomous community in Spain (shown in pink on the map) Southern Basque Country ( Hego Euskal Herria or Hegoalde ), the Basque provinces in Spain i.e. the autonomous community of the Basque Country plus the Foral ...
Spain (people living in the Basque Provinces of Spain, including some areas where most people do not identify themselves as Basque) 2,410,000 [1] [2] France (people living in the French Basque Country, not all of whom identify as Basque) 239,000 [1] United States (self-identifying as having Basque ancestry) 57,793 [3] Canada (including those of ...
The 20 Eskualdeak/Comarcas of the Basque Country as defined by the Eustat statistical institute. The autonomous community of the Basque Country within Spain contains several comarcas or eskualdeak in the Basque language, referring to local districts, grouped into its three long-established provinces.