Amorebieta-Etxano

Amorebieta-Etxano, also known as Zornotza (Spanish, Amorebieta-Echano), is a town and municipality located in Biscay in the Basque Country, an Autonomous Community in northern Spain.

It is about 25 km (16 mi) east of Bilbao and close to the European route E70 which runs along the north coast of Spain.

[3] The municipality of Amorebieta-Etxano came into being on 26 January 1951 as the result of a merger between Amorebieta and Etxano, two communities in the historic administrative district of Merindad de Zornotza.

The church of Santa María de la Asunción is in the centre of Amorebieta on the banks of the Ibaizaba.

[5] A branch of the international company Tecnalia Research & Innovation is located here in the Parque Empresarial Boroa where the firm employs 1500 people.

Aerial view