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, leader_name = Juan Luis Landazabal Lamikiz
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Ea (also pronounced ''Ie'' in local Basque) is a town and
municipality
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located in the province of
Biscay
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, in the autonomous community of
Basque Country, northern
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The town has three boroughs: ''Ea'', ''Bedarona'' and ''Natxitua''. The main one, Ea, is the most populated of the municipality, which has a total population of 865 (2014).
Geography
Ea is located on the coast, 50 km northeast from
Bilbao
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, in the bottom of a tiny
estuary
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that breaks through the cliffs of the
Bay of Biscay
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The Ea river crosses the town, which has three bridges, the oldest one being the so-called "''Roman Bridge''" (featured in the coat of arms) that is really a medieval one.
There is a small fishing port, but the predominant activities of the town are
agriculture
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silviculture
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and cattle, with many farms disperse around the typically basque countryside.
History
The area was a rural one, centered on the parishes of Natxitua and Bedarona. In the 16th century, fishermen from both villages founded a new permanent settlement at the bottom of the tiny estuary of the river Ea. After two centuries, the settlement became far more important than its two neighboring villages, so finally a new municipality was created, uniting the two former villages and with capital in Ea. As a remainder of its past as two separated parishes, Ea has two main churches, one at each bank of the river.
Transport
There is a taxi service in the town.
Fiestas
The first fiesta in the calendar is
San Juan, from the night of the 23rd until the 26th of June. On the 16th of July the town celebrates
The Virgin of Carmen, patron saint of fishermen.
San Ignacio takes place in the Bedarona neighborhood on the 31st of July. During the first weekend of August there is the Gazte Eguna rock festival in Natxitua. On August 24 the people of the town gather together for
San Bartolome day. There is a
paella
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championship, traditional
Basque sports and dancing at night. There is an end-of-summer party on the last weekend of August.
Culture
Days Of Poetry
Every year since 2003, for three days in July, members of the cultural workshop HEA, inspired by the Basque poet and Ea summer visitor
Gabriel Aresti
Gabriel Aresti Segurola (October 14, 1933 – June 5, 1975) was one of the most important writers and poets in Basque language in the 20th century.
He grew up in Bilbao, which was a Spanish-speaking environment. Although his father talked to ...
, organize the poetry festival Eako Poesia Egunak (Days of Poetry in Ea). The event incorporates dance, poetry, concerts and theater and has become a major event in the Basque cultural calendar. The 2014 edition is from the 15th to the 17th of July.
Gallery
Image:Ea2.jpg, Estuary, looking to the Bay of Biscay
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Image:Bedarona.JPG, Rural coast landscape from ''Bedarona''.
Image:Ea3.jpg, The fishing port and the beaches.
Image:Ea5.jpg, Closeup of the ''Roman Bridge''.
References
External links
Ea town councilEA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)
Municipalities in Biscay
Populated coastal places in Spain
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