Trucios-Turtzioz

Place in Biscay, Spain

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43°17′02″N 3°16′49″W / 43.28389°N 3.28028°W / 43.28389; -3.28028CountrySpainAutonomous communityBiscayGovernment

• MayorJosé Manuel Coterón FernándezArea

• Total31.12 km² (12.02 sq mi)Elevation

152 m (499 ft)Population

(2018)^[1]

• Total511 • Density16/km² (43/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Websitewww.turtzioz.org

Trucios-Turtzioz (Turtzioz in Basque; Trucios in Spanish; Trucíos in Cantabrian) is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country, northern Spain, surrounded by other municipalities of Biscay and Cantabria.

The name comes from a cold water spring, which existed, or still exists, in the center of the town. In Basque, Iturriotz means "cold spring".

References

^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Turtzioz.

TRUCIOS-TURTZIOZ in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
[1] (Delimitación del sistema kárstico del manantial de Iturriotz (Trucios, Vizcaya)) (in Spanish)

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