Ortuella facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Ortuella
Municipality
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Coat of arms
Ortuella Location in Basque Country
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Basque Country
Province	Biscay
Comarca	Greater Bilbao
Segregated	1901
Area
• Total	7.65 km2 (2.95 sq mi)
Elevation	66 m (217 ft)
Population
• Total	KIDDLE_IB
Demonym(s)	ortuellatarra
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	48530
Official language(s)	Basque

Ortuella is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country, northern Spain.

Nowadays part of Greater Bilbao region, until the beginning of the 19th century it was integrated in the Valley of Somorrostro of the Encartaciones next to the Santurtzi. In 1901 the locality segregated from the Council of the Santurtzi, those days happening to denominate the Santurce-Ortuella. This segregation was motivated by an increase of population due to the mining height of end of the 19th century, being the district of Ortuella the one of greater population in the council. In the 1980s, and by means of the resolution of March 27, 1981, the name of the municipality definitively lost the term "Santurce", simply being "Ortuella", which was the usual name used by their citizens.

Ortuella was the site of a deadly explosion at the Marcelino Ugalde Primary School on October 23, 1980, that killed 50 schoolchildren and 14 adults, and injured killed and injured an additional 128.

The patron saint of Ortuella is Saint Felix of Cantalica (May 18), name of the main church of the municipality.

Neighborhoods

Ortuella is administratively divided into 6 neighborhoods or wards:

• Cadegal (Pop. 46)
• Orconera (Pop. 39)
• Nocedal (Pop. 204)
• Ortuella (Pop. 7.475)
• Triano (Pop. 10)
• Urioste (Pop. 803)

Demography

Notable people

• Joseba Agirre, footballer
• José Arechavaleta, botanist
• Pepeo Calleja, footballer
• Florencio Constantino, operatic tenor
• Juan Antonio Ipiña, football manager

See also

In Spanish: Ortuella para niños