Laudio in

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or Llodio in

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is a town and

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located in the province of

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, in the Basque Country, northern

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Geography and Demography

Llodio is an important industrial center located at 50 km NW from the provincial capital of Vitoria and at 20 km SE from

Bilbao Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the Provinces of Spain, province of Biscay and in the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper in northern Spain. Bilbao is the List o ...

. It is the second municipality of

, in population. The municipality has an area of 37,56 km² and a population (2005) of 18,633 (9,288 male, 9,345 female).

Elections and local administration

Municipal election

Since the 2019 Municipal elections the Mayor of Llodio is Ander Añibarro Maestre (PNV). The Basque Nationalist Party PNV/EAJ has 7 municipal

councillor A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council. This is typically an elected representative of an electoral district in a municipal or re ...

s on Llodio Town Council,

Bildu EH Bildu, short for Euskal Herria Bildu (English language, English: 'Basque Country Gather' or 'Basque Country Unite'), is a Left-wing politics, left-wing, Basque nationalism, Basque nationalist and Separatism, pro-independence federation of poli ...

has 5, the local group Omnia has 3 while the

Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left The Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (, , PSE-EE) is a social-democratic political party in the Basque Country that acts as the regional affiliate of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). History Although local ...

has 2.

General election

The results of the 2004 Spanish

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in Llodio were as follows: * PNV -

Partido Nacionalista Vasco The Basque Nationalist Party ( , EAJ; , PNV; , PNB; EAJ-PNV), officially the Basque National Party in English, is a Basque nationalism, Basque nationalist and Regionalism (politics), regionalist List of political parties in the Basque Country, pol ...

: 37.9% * PSE-EE (PSOE - EE) Partido Socialista de Euskadi: 27.8% * PP - Partido Popular: 18.6% * EB-IU - Izquierda Unida: 6.9% * EA -

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: 4.8% * ARALAR-ZUTI - Aralar-Zutik: 2.0%

Sport

The town has a local athletics club, Club de Atletismo de Laudio, which has its own

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stadium (the Estadio Ellakuri). The club has hosted the Cross Internacional Valle de Llodio, an annual international

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event, since 1985.Cross Internacional
. C.A de Laudio. Retrieved on 2010-12-03.

References

External links

City Council Website

LLODIO in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)

Aerial view of Llodio (Google maps)
Municipalities in Álava {{BasqueCountry-geo-stub