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Getxo () (Spanish: Guecho) is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in Spain. It is part of Greater Bilbao, and has 75,430 inhabitants (2023). Getxo is mostly an affluent residential area, as well as being the third largest municipality of Biscay.

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Getxo is a town in Spain's Basque Country region, located in the province of Biscay as part of the greater Bilbao area, with a population of about 75,000 people as of 2023. It is known as an affluent residential area and ranks as the third largest municipality in Biscay.

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Getxo
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Municipality
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Las Arenas Vizcaya Bridge 001.jpg
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Getxo from Vizcaya Bridge with its neighborhood of Las Arenas in the foreground
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Getxo from Vizcaya Bridge with its neighborhood of Las Arenas in the foreground
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Escudo de Getxo.svg
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Kaltea Dagianak Bizarra Lepoan("He who makes evil, the beard at his back")
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Spain Basque Country
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Location of Getxo within the Basque Country
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Country
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Spain
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Autonomous community
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Basque Country
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Province
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Biscay
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Greater Bilbao
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Judicial district

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Official name
Getxo
Demonym
getxotar
Population
83624
Area
11.89
Elevation
50
Official website
www.getxo.net
Image
VistaEreaga.jpg
Licence plate code
BI
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Commons category
Getxo
postal code
48990 - 48991 - 48992 - 48993 - 48930
P8168
Kozma
female population
41485
male population
36461
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16 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Neighborhoods
  • Historic monuments
  • Andra Mari Church
  • Aixerrota Windmill
  • Prince's castle or La Galea Fort
  • Saint Anne's Chapel (''Santa Ana'')
  • Vizcaya Bridge o El puente colgante
  • Galerias de Punta Begoña
  • Administration
  • Transport and tourism
  • Festivals
  • Sport
  • References
  • External links

Getxo () (Spanish: Guecho) is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in Spain. It is part of Greater Bilbao, and has 75,430 inhabitants (2023). Getxo is mostly an affluent residential area, as well as being the third largest municipality of Biscay.

==History== Getxo (formerly spelt Guecho) was a parish (elizatea, anteiglesia'), originally a rural area, including a large beach at the mouth of the Estuary of Bilbao, centered on the little fishing village of Algorta. The parish council met at the church of Getxoko Andra Mari (Basque) or Santa María de Guecho (Spanish) (both mean Saint Mary of Getxo), not far from the headland called Punta Galea.

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