Lemoiz

The fishing port of Armintza.

Lemoiz (Lemóniz is the old Spanish name) is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. It has a population of about 1000.

The unfinished power plant.

It was chosen as the site of the Lemoniz Nuclear Power Plant, but the construction was left unfinished after ecologist opposition and ETA attacks.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lemoiz.

• LEMOIZ in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (Spanish)
• Pictures from Armintza, a small fishing village located in Lemoiz (Spanish)

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Coordinates: 43°24′41″N 2°54′8″W / 43.41139°N 2.90222°W / 43.41139; -2.90222