Laudio/Llodio
Laudio/Llodio is a toun an municipality locatit in the province o Álava, in the Basque Kintra, northren Spain. Laudio is the name in Basque leid an Llodio in Spaingie; baith are uised indistinctly.
Geografie an demografie[eedit | eedit soorce]
Llodio is an important industrial center locatit at 50 km NW frae the provincial caipital o Vitoria-Gasteiz an at 20 km SE frae Bilbao. It is the seicont municipality o Álava, in population. The municipality haes a aurie o 37,56 km² an a population (2005) o 18,633 (9,288 male, 9,345 female).
Its geographical coordinates are:
- Latitude: 43º09’4’’ N
- Langitude: 2º57’22’’ W
- Altitude: Minimum: 130 m, Maximum: 782 m.
Elections an local admeenistration[eedit | eedit soorce]
Municipal election[eedit | eedit soorce]
Syne the 2011 Municipal elections the Mayor o Llodio is Mr. Natxo Urkixo Orueta (Bildu). The Coalition Bildu haes 6 municipal councillors on Llodio Toun Cooncil, the Basque Naitionalist Pairty PNV/EAJ haes 6 an aw, the Socialist Pairty o the Basque Kintra – Basque Kintra Left haes 2 as does the Fowkpairty (Spain). The local group Omnia taks the feenal seat.
General election[eedit | eedit soorce]
The results o the 2004 Spainyie General Election in Llodio wur as follaes:
- PNV - Partido Nacionalista Vasco: 37.9%
- PSE-EE (PSOE - EE) Partido Socialista de Euskadi: 27.8%
- PP - Partido Popular: 18.6%
- EB-IU - Izquierda Unida: 6.9%
- EA - Eusko Alkartasuna: 4.8%
- ARALAR-ZUTI - Aralar-Zutik: 2.0%
Sport[eedit | eedit soorce]
The toun haes a local athletics club, Club de Atletismo de Laudio, which haes its awn track an field stadium (the Estadio Ellakuri). The club haes hostit the Cross Internacional Valle de Llodio, a annual internaitional cross kintra runnin event, syne 1985.[1]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Cross Internacional Archived 2010-12-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Spaingie). C.A de Laudio. Retrieved on 2010-12-03.
Freemit airtin[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Ceety Cooncil Wabsteid Archived 2012-06-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Spaingie) (in Basque)
- LLODIO in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spaingie)
- Aerial view o Llodio (Google maps)