Mungialdea

Mungialdea
Comarca
Jata Mountain in Mungialdea Jata Mountain in Mungialdea
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Basque Country
Province	Biscay
Capitals	Mungia
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Mungialdea is a comarca of the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. Mungialdea is the heir of the historical region of Uribe, which was one of the merindades of Biscay. It comprises the most rural area of the historical region of Uribe, drained by the river Butron and with some small municipalities. It is one of the seven comarcas that compose the province of Biscay. Its capital city is Mungia.

Geography

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Mungia.

Mungialdea is located at the north of the province of Biscay, limiting with the comarcas of Busturialdea on the east, Greater Bilbao on the east and south and the Bay of Biscay on the north.

Its landscape fits with the oceanic climate and can be divided into two subregions:

• The coast, with beaches and high cliffs.
• Butrón, the area surrounding the Butrón river.

Municipalities

File:Playa de Plentzia.jpg

Beaches of Plentzia (in the foreground) and Gorliz (in the background).

#	Municipality	Population	Territory km²
20px	Arrieta	558	14,47
20px	Bakio	2.470	16,78
20px	Barrika	1.487	7,77
	Fruiz	450	5,73
20px	Gamiz-Fika	1.327	15,53
20px	Gatika	1.570	17,42
20px	Gorliz	5.503	10,29
20px	Laukiz	1.109	8,16
20px	Lemoiz	1.023	18,90
20px	Maruri-Jatabe	896	15,8
20px	Meñaka	702	12,70
	Mungia	16.527	52,12
20px	Plentzia	4.292	11,17
20px	Sopelana	12.527	8,39
20px	Urduliz	3.422	7,8

See also

• Biscay