Barrika

Barrika
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Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Biscay
Area
• Total	7.80 km2 (3.01 sq mi)
Elevation	74 m (243 ft)
Population  (2018)
• Total	1,541
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	www.barrika.eu

Barrika is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, Spain, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.

It is considered one of the oldest municipalities of Biscay. It was founded by Sancho Vela. As it is placed next to the sea and near Bilbao, its population has grown a lot in the last part of the 20th century.

Barrika belongs to the comarca of Mungialdea. There are about 1,539 inhabitants in the municipality and it has 7.8 km².

History

The findings of the archaeological site of Kurtzio testify of human presence in the municipal territory at the period of the prehistoric Asturian culture.

The organization as a parish church can trace its origins to the political structure of the Flat Earth of the Middle Ages. Sancho Vela founded its solar Barrika house in the year 496, being this the origin of the later church.

In addition to the agricultural and livestock activities, its inhabitants worked from old in whaling, as attested by the Carta Puebla granted by Lope Díaz de Haro, Lord of Biscay, in the 13th century.

Barrika had seat and vote at the General meetings of Gernika, its number was the 51st.

Notable people

• Jon Rahm (born 1994), professional golfer, winner of the U.S. Open in June 2021, and former world number 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking

External links

• BARRIKA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
• BARRIKA.net web site with information on history, geography, and local services (in Spanish)