Muskiz is a town and
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
located in the province of
Biscay
Biscay (; eu, Bizkaia ; es, Vizcaya ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the eponymous bay. The capital and largest city is Bilbao.
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, in the autonomous community of
Basque Country, northern Spain.
Neighborhoods
Muskiz is administratively divided into six neighborhoods or wards:
Demography
Economy
![2011-10-22 Muskiz Petronor Munatones](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/2011-10-22_Muskiz_Petronor_Munatones.jpg)
In the 1970s the
petrochemical
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company
Petronor
Petróleos del Norte S.A. (Petronor) is a Spanish oil and gas company based in Muskiz, Basque Country. The company was established on 30 November 1968. From 1976 to 1981 its executive manager was Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta.
It is owned by Repsol ...
built a
refinery
A refinery is a production facility composed of a group of chemical engineering unit processes and unit operations refining certain materials or converting raw material into products of value.
Types of refineries
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with a 222 metres tall
chimney
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called ''La Catalítica''.
Notable people
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Nicolás de la Quadra
Nicolás Antonio de la Quadra ( San Julián de Musquiz, 1663 - Bilbao, 1728) was a Spanish painter associated with the Madrid school of Baroque painting. There is a life-size portrait (1695) by him in the Carmelite Convent at Madrid
Madrid ...
JOSE RAMON CAMPOS MARTIN Painter
https://bigfoot.ch/2022/06/jose-ramon-campos-martin/
References
External links
MUSKIZ in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)
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Municipalities in Biscay
Estuary of Bilbao
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