País Vasco: provinces, municipalities and municipalities
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The Basque Country is made up of three provinces or historical territories: Álava, Vizcaya and Gipuzkoa. Altogether it brings together 251 municipalities, distributed among provincial capitals, very densely populated metropolitan areas, medium-sized cities, industrial municipalities, coastal towns and inland centers with broad administrative and territorial relevance.
The official portal of the autonomous administration is the website of the Basque Government, from which you can access institutional information, public services, aids, registers, online public services portal and procedimientos of autonomic scope.
Official País Vasco Portal
Official portal: euskadi.eus
País Vasco Provinces
This page is intended for those seeking information about municipalities of the Basque Country, Basque provinces, Basque town councils or access to official portals and public organizations of the autonomous community.
Knowing the Basque territorial distribution is useful to locate town councils, provincial councils, registration assistance offices, Online public services portal and procedures linked to the population register, taxes, licenses, sanctions, housing, education, consumption or social services.
Province of Álava: municipalities and municipalities
The province of Álava has 51 municipalities and combines the regional and provincial capital with regional capitals and inland localities with great administrative and territorial importance. Here stand out Vitoria-Gasteiz, Llodio, Amurrio, Salvatierra-Aguraine or Laguardia, along with other municipalities spread over the Alavesa Plain, Rioja Alavesas, Ayala and other areas of the territory.
Many searches for this province are related to municipalities of Álava, municipalities Álava, online public services portal, Municipal population register, Taxes, licencias, urbanismo, sanciones and local Procedures.
Consult the complete list of municipalities in the province of Álava
Province of Vizcaya: municipalities and municipalities
The province of Vizcaya has 88 municipalities and concentrates a very important part of the population and the economic and institutional activity of País Vasco. Here are Bilbao and its metropolitan area, along with very prominent municipalities such as Barakaldo, Getxo, Portugalete, Santurce, Basauri, Gernika-Lumo, Zierbena, Ziortza-Bolibar or Durango.
This province generates many queries related to municipalities of Vizcaya, municipalities of Vizcaya, registrations, licenses, local tax management, sanctions, population register and municipal online public services portals.
Consult the complete list of municipalities in the province of Vizcaya
Province of Gipuzkoa: municipalities and municipalities
The province of Gipuzkoa has 112 municipalities and stands out for its high municipal density, the relevance of the Donostia-San Sebastián area and the presence of numerous industrial, coastal and inland municipalities. Donostia-San Sebastián, Irun, Errenteria, Eibar, Zarautz, Arrasate, Tolosa or Hernani are some of its most well known cores.
A good part of the searches in this province revolve around municipalities of Gipuzkoa, municipalities of Gipuzkoa, procedures with the local administration, online public services portals, certificates, registration, sanctions, licenses, records and administrative resources.
Consult the complete list of municipalities in the province of Gipuzkoa
Regional and local administration in the Basque Country
The Basque Government shares administrative leadership with the provincial councils, city councils and other public bodies distributed throughout the three provinces or historical territories. For this reason, many queries are related to specific municipalities, but also to regional powers over health, education, dependency, housing, employment, transport, consumption or social services.
This page is designed to serve as a base for navigation and link to specific content about provinces, municipalities, public bodies and frequent procedures in the País Vasco.
País Vasco Online public services portal
If you need to make arrangements online, you can access the Online public services portal of the País Vasco, the official portal from which citizens and companies can submit applications, consult files, provide documentation and access notifications. For practical purposes, a Online public services portal and an electronic folder are very related concepts, since both function as digital spaces to centralize administrative Procedures and facilitate the relationship with the public administration. In Online public services portal of Euskadi.eus they also have the section My Euskadi Folder
Last updated municipality
The most recent municipal guide of this autonomous community is Galdakao, updated the .