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As the comarca boundaries are not defined in law, various other broadly similar combinations have been published depending on the date, range and purpose of the data collection. Examples include:
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area south of Bilbao tends to remain grouped with the city when other adjustments are made, or is linked with Arratia-Nervión if counted as an outlying zone.
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across Spain, the populations of each comarca vary widely; rural sectors of Álava cover only a few thousand residents each, while its capital
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of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be
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are comparable in population to four of the province's other more rural comarcas, despite in theory being two administrative levels below.
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La actividad industrial registró caídas generalizadas en prácticamente todas las comarcas vascas en 2012
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comprising its urban municipality alone. In this alignment the western part of the rump
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Population of the Basque Country by province, according to place of birth. 01/01/2020
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has been used to refer collectively to the cluster of towns south of San Sebastián (
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The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of
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Mapa de Comarcas de Bizkaia - Año: 2010; Indicador: I4 Jóvenes de 24 a 34 años
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Cuatro comarcas de Gipuzkoa superan la media de población inmigrante de la CAV
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Category:People by comarca in the Basque Country (autonomous community)
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and does not figure in the Basque considerations (its future status is a
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comarca (population 330,000) includes not only the provincial capital
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comarca (by far the most heavily populated, containing the city of
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The 20 Eskualdeak/Comarcas of the Basque Country as defined by the
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This article about a location in the Basque Country, Spain, is a
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Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing
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has divided the districts using a 20-comarca model (seven in
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comarca which previously governed the districts as a larger
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comarca which has 850,000 within its boundaries. Bilbao's
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and its satellite towns), the eastern part centred on
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Comarcas of the Basque Country (autonomous community)
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Bizkaia mira a sus comarcas para ser más competitiva
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or by far the most prominent component of the wider
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Similarly, the western part of 859:, as was the case for the Right Bank in the 1203:, Diputación Foral de Bizkaia (in Spanish) 1020:is entirely surrounded by Álava, but is an 50:Learn how and when to remove these messages 1719: 1705: 1443: 1429: 1304: 1290: 1191:, EL Diario], 10 January 2015 (in Spanish) 1000:) is in the representation of the capital 777: 1275:, Gasteiz Hoy, 17 May 2016 (in Spanish), 804:: the conurbations on either side of the 503:Cuadrilla de la Estribaciones del Gorbea/ 293:Learn how and when to remove this message 275:Learn how and when to remove this message 217:Learn how and when to remove this message 159:Learn how and when to remove this message 1215:, El Correo, 29 April 2017 (in Spanish) 980: 869: 784: 304: 251:Relevant discussion may be found on the 1160: 1158: 1035: 1730: 1424: 1311: 1285: 793:with 10 divisions, as defined by the 1675: 1249:Planificación energética de Gipuzkoa 1155: 916:) has been recorded as the separate 228: 170: 56: 15: 1189:La crisis económica va por comarcas 369: 13: 1113:, Eustat, 19 May 2014 (in Spanish) 14: 1754: 1140:, Eustat; retrieved 28 March 2021 31:This article has multiple issues. 1679: 1658: 897:) has been listed separately as 233: 175: 108:"Comarcas of the Basque Country" 61: 20: 1266: 1254: 1242: 1230: 1227:, Basque Nomads, 30 March 2020 1218: 927:(Upper Urola) district. 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