Laudio/Llodio is a town and

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located in the province of

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, in the Basque Country, northern

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. Laudio is the name in Basque language and Llodio in

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; both are used indistinctly.

Geography and Demography

Llodio is an important industrial center located at 50 km NW from the provincial capital of

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and at 20 km SE from

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. It is the second municipality of

, in population. The municipality has an area of 37,56 km² and a population (2005) of 18,633 (9,288 male, 9,345 female). Its geographical coordinates are: * Latitude: 43º09’4’’ N * Longitude: 2º57’22’’ W * Altitude: Minimum: 130 m, Maximum: 782 m.

Elections and local administration

Municipal election

Since the 2019 Municipal elections the Mayor of Llodio is Mr. Ander Añibarro Maestre (PNV). The Basque Nationalist Party PNV/EAJ has 7 municipal

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s on Llodio Town Council, Bildu has 5, the local group Omnia has 3 while the

Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left The Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left ( eu, Euskadiko Alderdi Sozialista – Euskadiko Ezkerra, es, Partido Socialista de Euskadi – Euskadiko Ezkerra, PSE-EE) is a social-democratic political party in the Basque Coun ...

has 2.

General election

The results of the 2004 Spanish General Election in Llodio were as follows: * PNV -

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: 37.9% * PSE-EE (PSOE - EE)

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: 27.8% * PP - Partido Popular: 18.6% * EB-IU - Izquierda Unida: 6.9% * EA -

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: 4.8% * ARALAR-ZUTI - Aralar-Zutik: 2.0%

Sport

The town has a local

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club, Club de Atletismo de Laudio, which has its own

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stadium (the

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). The club has hosted the

Cross Internacional Valle de Llodio The Cross Internacional Valle de Llodio is an annual cross country running competition that takes place in Llodio in the Basque Country, Spain, around late November. The event was first held in February 1985 and changed to an end-of-year competit ...

, an annual international

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event, since 1985.Cross Internacional
. C.A de Laudio. Retrieved on 2010-12-03.

References

External links

City Council Website

LLODIO in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)

Aerial view of Llodio (Google maps)
Municipalities in Álava {{BasqueCountry-geo-stub