Erandio
Erandio | |
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Municipality | |
 Erandio | |
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  Erandio Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 43°18′17″N 2°58′23″W / 43.30472°N 2.97306°W | |
| Kintra |  Spain |
| Autonomous commonty |  Basque Kintra |
| Province | Biscay |
| Comarca | Greater Bilbao |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Joseba Goikouria Zarraga (PNV) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 18 km2 (7 sq mi) |
| Elevation (AMSL) | 2 m (7 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 24,326 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2)) |
| Postal code | 48950 |
| Area code(s) | +34 (Spain) + 94 (Biscay) |
| Website | Toun Haw |
Erandio is a toun an municipality locatit in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous commonty o Basque Kintra, northern Spain.
In 1415, durin the War o the Baunds, the corregidor, the ryally-appointit govrenor o the Biscayan hermandad, actin on ryal orders, siphoned aff Biscayan wheat tae the Asturias, incitin a rebellion. The Biscayans wur defeatit at Erandio wi the loss o saxty men an the wheat transfers continued.
Festivals[eedit | eedit soorce]
Several annual festivals are celebratit in Erandio. Maist o thaim are fiestas patronales (patronage festivals, held in the days aroond the date dedicatit tae the patron saunts unner whose advocation kirks an hermits are). The local public holiday o the municipality rotates yearly on August 10, August 28 an the corpus Christi day.[1]
- Juin 11, Saunt Barnabas in Fano / Faoeta.
- Juin 13, Saunt Anthony o Padua in Martiartu, Goierri.
- June 29, Saint Peter in Kukularra.
- Julie 3, Saunt Tryphon in Arriaga.
- Julie 10, Saunt Christopher in Goierri.
- Seicont hauf o Julie in Asua.
- August 10, Saunt Lawrence in Astrabudua.
- August 15, Andra Maria (Oor Lady Mary) in Erandio Goikoa (August 15, the day o the Assumption o the Virgin Mary is a public holiday in Spain).
- August 17 an 18: Saint Mammes in Santimami (Saunt Mammes' hermit lees on the municipal border an maist o the festival acts are held on Leioa's ground).
- August 28, Saunt Augustine in Altzaga.
- First week o September in Enekuri.
- Third week o September in Lutxana.
Erandio haes celebratit a street muisic festival cried Musikale an aw, wi muisic baunds mairchin an playin in the neebourheids o Altzaga and Astrabudua. Musikale wis oreeginally conceived in the neebourin municipality o Leioa. For some years it wis held simultaneously in Leioa, Erandio, Basauri an Sestao, but the ither municipalities droppit it, an in 2013 anerly Erandio organisit it.[2]
Transport[eedit | eedit soorce]
Erandio is connectit tae ither municipalities o Biscay (like Barakaldo, Bermeo, Bilbao, Derio, Getxo, Larrabetzu, Laukiz, Leioa, Mungia an Muskiz) bi Bizkaibus bus services [3] an bi Line 1 o Metro Bilbao, which haes three stations in Erandio (Lutxana, Erandio, an Astrabudua). It is connectit tae Barakaldo an aw bi regular fluvial transport ower the Estuar o Bilbao.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Fiestas Archived 2014-10-23 at the Wayback Machine Wab page o Erandio Municipal Council (in Spaingie)
- ↑ Íñigo Sánchez de Luna, Musikale sobrevive en Erandio, El Correo, September 19, 2013(in Spaingie)
- ↑ Queries Web of the Foral Diputation of Biscay (in Inglis)
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Coordinates: 43°18′N 2°57′W / 43.300°N 2.950°W
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