Lekeitio, Province of Biscay, Basque Country, Spain
🇪🇸 Lekeitio is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Spanish Autonomous Community of Basque Country, 53 km (33 mi) north-east from Bilbao. The municipality is one of the most important fishing ports of the Basque coast. Tourism has an important role during the summer seasons, when the town is a resort with one beach called Isunza and the nearby Carraspio beach in the town of Mendexa.
The most important monument is the church of Santa María, a gothic basilica from the 15th century. Lekeitio is also the birthplace of Resurrección María de Azkue, one of the most important Basque scholars of the 19th century.
Europe/Madrid/Biscay
Lekeitio has a population of over 7,307 people. Lekeitio also forms part of the wider Lea-Artibai Comarca which has a population of over 25,931 people.
Lekeitio is a member of the Cittaslow Network with: 🇩🇪 Bischofsheim 🇮🇹 Castiglione Olona 🇺🇸 Sebastopol 🇮🇹 Guardiagrele 🇹🇷 Mudurnu 🇮🇹 Amelia 🇹🇷 Vize 🇵🇱 Górowo Iławeckie 🇳🇴 Sokndal 🇮🇹 Francavilla al Mare 🇮🇹 Asolo 🇹🇷 Perşembe 🇧🇪 Lens 🇨🇾 Tatlısu 🇮🇹 Civitella in Val di Chiana 🇵🇱 Morąg 🇮🇹 Barga 🇮🇹 Montefalco 🇹🇷 Seferihisar 🇮🇹 Cerreto Sannita