Forua
Forua is a village in Forua, Biscay, Basque Country and has about 1,020 residents. Forua is situated nearby to the neighborhood Atxondoa, as well as near the hamlet Gaitoka.Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 1,020 residents
- Description: capital of Forua Municipality, Spain
- Postal code: 48393
Places of Interest
Highlights include Foruko Erromatar-Herrixka and Urdaibai Bird Center.
Foruko Erromatar-Herrixka
Archaeological site
Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Foruko Erromatar-Herrixka is an archaeological site.
Urdaibai Bird Center
Museum
Photo: UrdaibaiBirdCenter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Urdaibai Bird Center is a nature museum. It provides an excellent observation point from which visitors can enjoy the world of birds and their migratory journeys.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kortezubi and Errenteria (Gernika).
Kortezubi
Village
Photo: Jsanchezes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kortezubi is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Autonomous Community, northern Spain. It has 444 inhabitants.
Errenteria (Gernika)
Neighborhood
Photo: FLAVIVSAETIVS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Errenteria (Gernika) is a neighborhood.
Guernica
Photo: Papamanila, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Guernica is a Basque town known for its Monday market day which has for decades been considered as a holiday in the town. Airborne bombing by the German Condor Legion in support of Spanish fascists in 1937 destroyed much of Guernica's old town, but several parts were spared and many were rebuilt.
Forua
- Categories: municipality capital, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Forua, Biscay, Basque Country, Northern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
43.33497° or 43° 20′ 6″ northLongitude
-2.67546° or 2° 40′ 32″ westPopulation
1,020Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)Open location code
8CMV88MF+XROpenStreetMap ID
node 1464595659OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3122180Wikidata ID
Q24016776
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Forua” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Forua”
- Aragonese: “Forua”
- Asturian: “Forua”
- Basque: “Elexalde Forua”
- Basque: “Forua”
- Bavarian: “Forua”
- Breton: “Forua”
- Catalan: “Forua”
- Cebuano: “Forua”
- Corsican: “Forua”
- Croatian: “Forua”
- Czech: “Forua”
- Danish: “Forua”
- Dutch: “Forua”
- Estonian: “Forua”
- Finnish: “Forua”
- French: “Elexalde Forua”
- French: “Elexalde”
- French: “Forua”
- Galician: “Forua”
- German: “Forua”
- Icelandic: “Forua”
- Ido: “Forua”
- Indonesian: “Forua”
- Interlingua: “Forua”
- Interlingue: “Forua”
- Irish: “Forua”
- Italian: “Forua”
- Kongo: “Forua”
- Low German: “Forua”
- Luxembourgish: “Forua”
- Malagasy: “Forua”
- Malay: “Forua”
- Minangkabau: “Forua”
- Narom: “Forua”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Forua”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Forua”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Forua”
- Polish: “Forua”
- Portuguese: “Forua”
- Romanian: “Forua”
- Romansh: “Forua”
- Sardinian: “Forua”
- Scots: “Forua”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Forua”
- Serbian: “Forua”
- Sicilian: “Forua”
- Slovak: “Forua”
- Slovenian: “Forua”
- Spanish: “Forua”
- Swahili: “Forua”
- Swedish: “Forua”
- Swiss German: “Forua”
- Turkish: “Forua”
- Vietnamese: “Forua”
- Vlaams: “Forua”
- Volapük: “Forua”
- Walloon: “Forua”
- Waray (Philippines): “Forua”
- Welsh: “Forua”
- Wolof: “Forua”
- Zulu: “Forua”
- “Elexalde Forua”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Dantzarien plaza and Atxeta plaza.
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