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Sopela
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Sopela, formerly known as Sopelana, is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. The town is roughly 820 hectares in size, located in the comarca Mungialdea on the north east side of Bilbao and due east of the Nervión river estuary. In the municipality, other former towns like Larrabasterra were annexed to make Sopela larger. The population is 13,878 people, as recorded in the 2019 census. The area of Sopela is situated among green hills and beaches. This makes it a very attractive suburb of Greater Bilbao, with a
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sopela
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sopelana San Pedro 07.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Saint Peter's church
- Settlement.image_flag
- Sopelanako udal ikurrina.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- SopelaArmarria.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain Basque Country#Spain
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Sopela within the Basque Country##Location of Sopela within Spain
- 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.elevation_m
- 1.562
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 8.39
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1841
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Sopela
- Demonym
- sopeloztar
- Population
- 841
- Area
- 8.4
- Elevation
- 62
- Official website
- www.sopela.eus
- Image
- Sopelana San Pedro 07.jpg
- Licence plate code
- BI
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- postal code
- 48600
- Commons category
- Sopela
- inception
- 1841-00-00
- female population
- 7034
- male population
- 6844
- native label
- Sopelana
- P8168
- Crăciuneşti
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- Notable people
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Sopela, formerly known as Sopelana, is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. The town is roughly 820 hectares in size, located in the comarca Mungialdea on the north east side of Bilbao and due east of the Nervión river estuary. In the municipality, other former towns like Larrabasterra were annexed to make Sopela larger. The population is 13,878 people, as recorded in the 2019 census. The area of Sopela is situated among green hills and beaches. This makes it a very attractive suburb of Greater Bilbao, with a short commute of 35 minutes on the metro.
==History== Since the late 1980s, the population of Sopela has continued to grow and currently has 13.000 citizens. During the industrialization the citizens moved to the urban centres that were more crowded but since that decade this tendency has been reversed. Sopela has become a residential municipality well connected with bigger municipalities and with Bilbao. It was at first a primarily tourist destination, where the properties and house owners only moved to spend summer holidays but it has turned into a residential town. At the moment, it is one of the municipalities with the highest per capita income of Spain.
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