Lea-Artibai

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Lea-Artibai

Capital Markina-Xemein  Province Biscay  Largest city: Ondarroa  Demonym:    Population: 26,095 (2001) inhabitants.  Area: 206 km²  Population Density: 126,7 people/km²

Municipalities Amoroto Aulesti Berriatua Etxebarria Gizaburuaga Ispaster Lekeitio Markina-Xemein Mendexa Munitibar-Arbatzegi Gerrikaitz Ondarroa

Lea-Artibai is a comarca in the northeastern part of the Biscay province, in the autonomous community of Basque Country in Spain.

It occupies the valleys of the Lea River and the Artibai River and is divided into eleven municipalities:

• Amoroto
• Aulesti
• Berriatua
• Etxebarria
• Gizaburuaga
• Ispaster
• Lekeitio
• Markina-Xemein
• Mendexa
• Munitibar-Arbatzegi Gerrikaitz
• Ondarroa

The comarca of Lea-Artibai has a total area of 206 km². It is bordered by the comarcas of Durangaldea in the south, Debabarrena (Guipuscoa province) in the east, Uribe in the west and the Cantabrian Sea in the north.

[edit] External links

• Lea-Artibai's official web page

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