Ortuella

Ortuella is a toun an municipality locatit in the province o Biscay, in the autonomous commonty o Basque Kintra, northren Spain.

Ortuella
Municipality
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Location o Muskiz in Biscay.
Ortuella Location in Spain
Coordinates: 43°18′37″N 3°3′25″W / 43.31028°N 3.05694°W / 43.31028; -3.05694 3°3′25″W / 43.31028°N 3.05694°W / 43.31028; -3.05694
Kintra	Spain
Autonomous commonty	País Vasco
Province	Biscay
Comarca	Greater Bilbao
Segregatit	1901
Govrenment
• Alcalde	Oskar Martínez Zamora (EAJ-PNV)
Area
• Total	7.65 km2 (2.95 sq mi)
Elevation	66 m (217 ft)
Population  (2009)
• Total	8,520
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	ortuellatarra
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	48530
Offeecial leid(s)	Basque
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Nowadays pairt o Greater Bilbao region, till the beginnin o 19t hunderyear it wis integratit in the Valley o Somorrostro o the Encartaciones next tae the Santurtzi. In 1901 the locality segregated frae the Cooncil o the Santurtzi, those days happenin tae denominate the Santurce-Ortuella. This segregation wis motivatit bi a increase o population due tae the minin hicht o end o 19t hunderyear, bein the destrict o Ortuella the ane o greater population in the cooncil. In the 1980s, an bi means o the resolution o 27 Mairch 1981, the name o the municipality definitively lost the term "Santurce", simply bein " Ortuella", which wis the uisual name uised bi their ceetizens.

The patron saunt of Ortuella is Saunt Felix o Cantalica (Mey 18), name o the main kirk o the municipality.