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Arrieta (both in Basque and Spanish) is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. Arrieta is part of the comarca of Mungialdea. It had a population of 552 inhabitants as of 2007, and a population of 564 inhabitants as of 2017.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Arrieta
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.image_flag
Arrieta bandera.svg
Settlement.image_shield
Escudo de Arrieta.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Spain Basque Country#Spain
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location of Arrieta within the Basque Country
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Biscay
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Mungialdea
Settlement.established_date
Not known
Settlement.leader_party
PNV-EAJ
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Ángel María Acillona
Settlement.area_total_km2
14.47
Settlement.elevation_m
203

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Arrieta (both in Basque and Spanish) is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. Arrieta is part of the comarca of Mungialdea. It had a population of 552 inhabitants as of 2007, and a population of 564 inhabitants as of 2017.

==Toponym== This municipality has its origin in the elizate Líbano de Arrieta, which became a municipality in the 19th century. The toponym Arrieta comes from the Basque word harrieta, which means "stony place".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arrieta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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