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Basque Country Map

Every municipality, city and town in the Basque Country on one zoomable map, with its main highways, rivers and lakes. Switch on towns and municipalities above the map and zoom in for every name; tap a municipality to see its population, area and largest towns.

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Printable maps of the Basque Country

Free to print for class and home: the Basque Country with its cities and towns, a map of its municipalities, and a blank outline map. PDFs fit one A4 or US Letter page.

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Key facts

Capital
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Largest city
Bilbao (351,124)
Population
2,242,342 (2025)
Area
7,235 km² (2,793 sq mi)
Municipalities of the Basque Country
252
Most populous municipality
Bilbao (351,124)
Largest municipality by area
Vitoria-Gasteiz, 277 km² (107 sq mi)
Map of the Basque Country with its largest cities
Map of the Basque Country with its largest cities

About the Basque Country

The Basque Country has 252 municipalities and about 2,242,342 people (2025) on 7,235 km² (2,793 sq mi). The capital is Vitoria-Gasteiz; the largest city is Bilbao, with 351,124 people. It borders Cantabria, Castile and León, La Rioja, Navarre and France.

Bilbao is the most populous municipality (351,124 people) and Orexa the least (103); Vitoria-Gasteiz is the largest by area (277 km²) and Lanestosa the smallest (1.1 km²).

Largest cities in the Basque Country

The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 252 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.

#CityMunicipalityPopulation
1BilbaoBilbao351,124
2Vitoria-GasteizVitoria-Gasteiz260,699
3San SebastiánDonostia/San Sebastián189,866
4BarakaldoBarakaldo102,986
5GetxoGetxo75,752
6IrunIrun63,835
7SanturtziSanturtzi46,442
8PortugaletePortugalete44,843
9BasauriBasauri40,274
10ErrenteriaErrenteria39,363
11LeioaLeioa32,748
12DurangoDurango30,192
13SestaoSestao28,512
14EibarEibar27,484
15GaldakaoGaldakao24,776
16ErandioErandio24,659
17ZarautzZarautz23,496
18MondragónArrasate/Mondragón22,450
19HernaniHernani20,375
20TolosaTolosa20,070
21Amorebieta-EtxanoAmorebieta-Etxano19,660
22Lasarte-OriaLasarte-Oria19,435
23MungiaMungia18,129
24LlodioLaudio/Llodio18,077
25Gernika-LumoGernika-Lumo17,129

Populations are INE's official figures from the municipal register (Padrón) on 1 January 2025; the 252 municipalities add up to the community's 2,242,342, the sum of its provinces on the Spain map. Towns are the municipalities themselves, each at its capital, so a town's figure is its whole municipality. The community's area also counts 4 shared lands that belong to no single municipality and have no registered residents, drawn in grey (the largest, Parzoneria de Entzia, 50 km²).

Municipalities of the Basque Country

All 252 municipalities. Select one to show it on the map.

Municipalities of the Basque Country. Select a column heading to sort; select a name to show it on the map.
Municipality7,76836
Municipality32111
Municipality9,37916
Municipality5007
Municipality5,18938
Municipality2,14855
Municipality8226.5
Municipality4587.1
Municipality32813
Municipality1,8137.7
Municipality2,95520
Municipality35212
Municipality2,99120
Municipality1652.5
Municipality4479.8
Municipality95621
Municipality19,66059
Municipality39013
Municipality10,36496
Municipality14122
Municipality14,51727
Municipality2,1124.1
Municipality2,04528
Municipality1562.7
Municipality1731.3
Municipality1,35473
Municipality4113.5
Municipality1,2929.1
Municipality7,17827
Municipality23613
Municipality812123
Municipality1,01823
Municipality22,45033
Municipality41710
Municipality1,05658
Municipality58215
Municipality11,93916
Municipality74312
Municipality75437
Municipality1,86827
Municipality1,60965
Municipality1,56617
Municipality7,81212
Municipality1,71459
Municipality1,34223
Municipality63926
Municipality2,921141
Municipality11,77455
Municipality15,30169
Municipality2,85717
Municipality1522.7
Municipality7,71822
Municipality2869.5
Municipality102,98625
Municipality1,5137.7
Municipality88297
Municipality40,2747
Municipality14,04830
Municipality1,11116
Municipality12817
Municipality2913.4
Municipality8,2428.7
Municipality46136
Municipality1,11446
Municipality14,40476
Municipality17,03834
Municipality541130
Municipality1,22419
Municipality4,53330
Municipality5512.8
Municipality53013
Municipality351,12441
Municipality1,69320
Municipality1,07385
Municipality5,36251
Municipality7,29410
Municipality1,53162
Municipality189,86661
Municipality30,19211
Municipality82414
Municipality27,48425
Municipality3201.8
Municipality64232
Municipality97116
Municipality24825
Municipality1,13317
Municipality11,70539
Municipality7,27737
Municipality31518
Municipality24,65918
Municipality27511
Municipality15,5166.5
Municipality39,36332
Municipality58832
Municipality839120
Municipality49917
Municipality4,21540
Municipality12,0383.3
Municipality79118
Municipality60421
Municipality9287.6
Municipality5915.6
Municipality51915
Municipality1226
Municipality24,77624
Municipality82944
Municipality1,41415
Municipality3327.1
Municipality1,63317
Municipality86614
Municipality1719.2
Municipality17,1298.5
Municipality2,88711
Municipality75,75212
Municipality1966.1
Municipality1,72041
Municipality6,03410
Municipality6,81741
Municipality21239
Municipality20,37540
Municipality3264.2
Municipality16,78830
Municipality4,1145
Municipality66915
Municipality2,21729
Municipality4,34417
Municipality4982
Municipality63,83542
Municipality3,70453
Municipality1,8853
Municipality55947
Municipality72123
Municipality6878.9
Municipality3,89719
Municipality2244.4
Municipality2,715138
Municipality44712
Municipality17413
Municipality40284
Municipality1,55838
Municipality17746
Municipality1,45981
Municipality70024
Municipality2441.1
Municipality92967
Municipality8956
Municipality2,03922
Municipality2635.9
Municipality19,4356
Municipality18,07738
Municipality1,2398.1
Municipality6,08711
Municipality3903.5
Municipality8,38442
Municipality1,4578.6
Municipality2,09446
Municipality20515
Municipality32,7488.4
Municipality7,2111.8
Municipality3,61415
Municipality1,34719
Municipality2059.9
Municipality2,43016
Municipality6,1848.6
Municipality67212
Municipality2,36415
Municipality1,10623
Municipality53918
Municipality5,08945
Municipality1,12916
Municipality78912
Municipality2,02825
Municipality38222
Municipality4266.9
Municipality2188.7
Municipality41614
Municipality1,8164.1
Municipality18,12944
Municipality46724
Municipality3115.6
Municipality7,46521
Municipality2618.6
Municipality5,23828
Municipality1,54650
Municipality26412
Municipality1928.9
Municipality10,48059
Municipality1,18430
Municipality9386.9
Municipality11,480107
Municipality8,0604.3
Municipality10,8155.7
Municipality2456.3
Municipality1035.8
Municipality6,1849.9
Municipality1,2936.8
Municipality2,666102
Municipality8,7358
Municipality1,32212
Municipality3,47645
Municipality15,82011
Municipality33262
Municipality4,4075.9
Municipality44,8433.1
Municipality1,47725
Municipality29211
Municipality70185
Municipality46,4428.9
Municipality1,4969.2
Municipality28,5123.6
Municipality4,6706.8
Municipality15,0488.4
Municipality2,82043
Municipality3,85714
Municipality3621.9
Municipality20,07037
Municipality51526
Municipality1672.8
Municipality4,2135.3
Municipality6,1287.8
Municipality4,24733
Municipality1,47061
Municipality6,32722
Municipality6,7307.7
Municipality4,5657.3
Municipality6,48826
Municipality1,064238
Municipality11,79713
Municipality5,90018
Municipality2768.5
Municipality260,699277
Municipality27819
Municipality3,06612
Municipality1,76116
Municipality19512
Municipality8,33431
Municipality45240
Municipality3,44218
Municipality1,60910
Municipality23,49615
Municipality1,23467
Municipality1,08748
Municipality1,54335
Municipality28410
Municipality3,93344
Municipality1,51212
Municipality1,845102
Municipality40119
Municipality2,97616
Municipality2,350122
Municipality10,16011
Municipality9,67818

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Sources

  • Municipalities and the neighbouring communities: Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), Unidades administrativas de España (Base de Datos de Divisiones Administrativas, BDDAE, the source of the Líneas límite municipales; INSPIRE download service, CC BY 4.0 ign.es); areas measured on those boundaries.
  • Populations: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Cifras oficiales de población de los municipios españoles: Revisión del Padrón municipal, 1 January 2025 (by municipality).
  • Town locations: IGN, Nomenclátor Geográfico Básico de España (NGBE), the capital of each municipality.
  • Rivers, lakes and reservoirs: Sistema Cartográfico Nacional, Información Geográfica de Referencia de Hidrografía (IGN with the Ministry for the Ecological Transition's Dirección General del Agua; INSPIRE download service).
  • Motorways, autovías and national roads: EuroGeographics, EuroGlobalMap (Open Maps for Europe; Spain's data from the IGN). © EuroGeographics.