Fruiz

Fruiz also known as Fruniz is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Fruniz
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.official_name: Fruniz
Settlement.image_skyline: Herriko plaza, Fruniz, Bizkaia, Euskal Herria.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Town square
Settlement.image_flag: Fruizko udal ikurrina.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Fruiz.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Basque Country
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Biscay
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Mungialdea

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Fruiz
Demonym: fruiztar
Population: 452
Area: 5.73
Elevation: 45
Official website: www.fruiz.net
Image: Herriko plaza, Fruniz, Bizkaia, Euskal Herria.jpg
Licence plate code: BI

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Commons category: Fruiz
postal code: 48116
female population: 264
male population: 272
native label: Frúniz

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2011 municipal elections
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Fruiz also known as Fruniz is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.

==Place name== Fruiz is one of the place names of the Basque Country finished in -iz. Julio Caro Baroja defended that the names came from a proper name + the Latin suffix ``-icus``