Arrieta (both in Basque and

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) is a town and

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located in the province of

Biscay Biscay (; eu, Bizkaia ; es, Vizcaya ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the eponymous bay. The capital and largest city is Bilbao. ...

, in the Basque Country, Spain. Arrieta is part of the ''

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'' of

Mungialdea Mungialdea, also known as Uribe-Butroe,elizate An (), ( es, anteiglesia) is an early form of local government in the Basque Country which was particularly common in Biscay but also existed in the other provinces. The terms (in Standard Basque) and (in Biscayan) literally translate as "chu ...

''Líbano de Arrieta'', which became a municipality in the 19th Century. The toponym ''Arrieta'' comes from the Basque word ''harrieta'', which means "stony place".

Celebrities

* Santiago Arriaga y Arrien, ''Santiago de Jesús'' (1903-1936): was a priest of the

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. He was assassinated during the Spanish Civil war and beautified in 2007 by the

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. * José Ramón Goyeneche Bilbao (1940): cyclist who participated in Tokio Olympic Games in 1964.

References

External links

ARRIETA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)
Municipalities in Biscay {{basqueCountry-geo-stub