Laudio/Llodio

Laudio in Basque or Llodio in Spanish is a town and municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain.

Laudio / Llodio
Municipality
Town hall of Laudio/Llodio
Coat of arms
Laudio / Llodio Location of Laudio/Llodio within the Basque Country
Coordinates: 43°09′N 2°58′W
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Basque Country
Province	Álava
Comarca	Cuadrilla de Ayala
Government
• Mayor	Ander Añibarro Maestre
Area
• Total	37.56 km2 (14.50 sq mi)
Elevation (AMSL)	130 m (430 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	18,205
• Density	480/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2))
Postal code	01400

Geography and Demography

Llodio is an important industrial center located at 50 km NW from the provincial capital of Vitoria and at 20 km SE from Bilbao. It is the second municipality of Álava, in population. The municipality has an area of 37,56 km² and a population (2005) of 18,633 (9,288 male, 9,345 female).

Elections and local administration

Municipal election

Since the 2019 Municipal elections the Mayor of Llodio is Ander Añibarro Maestre (PNV). The Basque Nationalist Party PNV/EAJ has 7 municipal councillors on Llodio Town Council, Bildu has 5, the local group Omnia has 3 while the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left has 2.

General election

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

• PNV - Partido Nacionalista Vasco: 37.9%
• PSE-EE (PSOE - EE) Partido Socialista de Euskadi: 27.8%
• PP - Partido Popular: 18.6%
• EB-IU - Izquierda Unida: 6.9%
• EA - Eusko Alkartasuna: 4.8%
• ARALAR-ZUTI - Aralar-Zutik: 2.0%

Sport

The town has a local athletics club, Club de Atletismo de Laudio, which has its own track and field stadium (the Estadio Ellakuri). The club has hosted the Cross Internacional Valle de Llodio, an annual international cross country running event, since 1985.^[2]

References

1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
2. Cross Internacional Archived 2010-12-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish). C.A de Laudio. Retrieved on 2010-12-03.

External links

• City Council Website (in Spanish and Basque)
• LLODIO in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
• Aerial view of Llodio (Google maps)