Gautegiz Arteaga

Gautegiz Arteaga Gautéguiz de Arteaga
Coat of arms
Location in Biscay
Gautegiz Arteaga Location in Spain
Coordinates: 43°22′5″N 2°39′8″W
Kintra	Spain
Autonomous community	País Vasco
Province	Biscay
Comarca	Busturialdea
Area
• Total	13.57 km^2 (5.24 sq mi)
Elevation	45 m (148 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	840
• Density	62/km^2 (160/sq mi)

Gautegiz Arteaga (Spanish: Gautéguiz de Arteaga) is a town in Biscay, in the northern Spanish autonomous community of the Basque Country.

It is located on the right bank of the Urdaibai estuary.

Its most emblematic building is the Arteaga Tower, a medieval castle rebuilt in the 19th century for the French empress Eugénie de Montijo.

Arteaga Tower

References

1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

External links

• GAUTEGIZ ARTEAGA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)