Ondarroa

Ondarroa
Municipality
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 43°19′19″N2°25′10″W / 43.32194°N 2.41944°W / 43.32194; -2.41944
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Basque Country
Province	Biscay
Comarca	Lea-Artibai
Government
• Mayor	Urtza Alkorta Arrizabalaga (EH Bildu)
Area
• Total	3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Population  (2018) [1]
• Total	8,397
• Density	2,300/km2 (6,000/sq mi)
Demonym	Ondarrutarra
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Postal code	48700
Website	Official website

Ondarroa is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Autonomous Community, northern Spain.

Main sights

• Church of St. Mary, in late Gothic style (late 15th century)
• Likona Tower, a typical Basque tower-house.
• Itsas Aurre Bridge, designed by Santiago Calatrava

• 
  Likona Tower
• 
  Church of St. Mary
• 
  Old Bridge
• 
  Itsas Aurre Bridge

People

• Pedro Maria Unanue (1814-1846)
• Txomin Agirre (1864-1920)
• Agustin Zubikarai (1914-2004)
• Karmele Urresti Iturrioz (1916-2010)
• Dina Bilbao (1960-1997) - athlete
• Ana Urkiza (b. 1969) - writer
• Kirmen Uribe (b. 1970) - writer
• Kepa Arrizabalaga (b. 1994) - goalkeeper for Arsenal football club and Spain
• Iñigo Martínez - footballer for FC Barcelona

Twin towns

• Santa Flavia, Italy
• Borj, Western Sahara

References

1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

External links

• ONDARROA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
• Ondarroa Town Hall Archived 2019-09-13 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish and Basque)