Muskiz

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Muskiz
Municipality
View from Gallarta
Flag Coat of arms
Map credit Muskiz Location of Muskiz within the Basque Country Show map of the Basque Country Map credit Muskiz Location of Muskiz within Spain Show map of Spain
Coordinates: 43°19′24″N 3°7′18″W / 43.32333°N 3.12167°W / 43.32333; -3.12167
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Basque Country
Province	Biscay
Comarca	Greater Bilbao
Government
• Alcalde	Borja Liaño (EAJ-PNV)
Area
• Total	21.5 km2 (8.3 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (33 ft)
Population  (2025-01-01)
• Total	7,465
• Density	347/km2 (899/sq mi)
Demonym	muskiztarra
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Postal code	48550
Official language(s)	Basque, Spanish
Website	Official website

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

Neighborhoods

Muskiz is administratively divided into six neighborhoods or wards:

Demography

Economy

In the 1970s the petrochemical company Petronor built a refinery with a 222 metres tall chimney called La Catalítica.

Notable people

• Nicolás de la Quadra, painter
• Jose Ramon Campos, painter

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Muskiz.

• MUSKIZ in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
• Official website (in English, Spanish, and Basque)