Ondarroa

Ondarroa
Municipality
Coat of arms
Ondarroa Location of Ondarroa within the Basque Country Ondarroa Location of Ondarroa within Spain
Coordinates: 43°19′19″N 2°25′10″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Euskadi
Province	Biscay
Comarca	Lea-Artibai
Government
• Mayor	Argia Ituarte (EH Bildu)
Area
• Total	3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Population  (2018)
• Total	8,397
• Density	2,300/km2 (6,000/sq mi)
Demonym	Ondarrutarra
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	48700
Website	Official website

Ondarroa is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Autonomous Community, northern Spain.

Main sights

• Church of St. Mary, in late Gothic style (late 15th century)
• Likona Tower, a typical Basque tower-house.
• Itsas Aurre Bridge, designed by Santiago Calatrava

• 
  Likona Tower
• 
  Church of St. Mary
• 
  Old Bridge
• 
  Itsas Aurre Bridge

People

Pedro Maria Unanue (1814-1846)

Txomin Agirre (1864-1920)

Agustin Zubikarai (1914-2004)

Karmele Urresti Iturrioz (1916-2010)

Dina Bilbao (1960-1997): athlete

Ana Urkiza (b. 1969) - writer

Kirmen Uribe (b. 1970) - writer

Kepa Arrizabalaga (b. 1994) - Footballer for Chelsea F.C.

Twin towns

• Santa Flavia, Italy
• Borj, Western Sahara

External links

• ONDARROA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
• Ondarroa Town Hall (in Spanish and Basque)