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:
Official name Basque name CobarónKobaron (La) RigadaLarrainaga PobeñaPobeña San JuanSan Juan Muskiz San JuliánSan Julian SantelicesSantelices
Demography Population of Muskiz 1897 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1981 1991 2001 2006 2,468 2,663 4,069 4,239 4,345 4,060 4,077 4,733 6,011 6,054 6,358 6,558 6,839
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
MUSKIZ in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)