| Erandio | |
| Translit Lang1 Type: | Spanish |
| Translit Lang1 Info: | Erandio |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain Basque Country |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Erandio within the Basque Country |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Spain |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
| Subdivision Name1: | Basque Country |
| Coordinates: | 43.3047°N -2.9731°W |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Biscay |
| Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
| Subdivision Name3: | Greater Bilbao |
| Leader Party: | PNV |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Aitziber Oliban Gutiérrez |
| Area Total Km2: | 18 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | (AMSL) |
| Elevation M: | 2 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST (GMT +2) |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 48950 |
| Area Code: | +34 (Spain) + 94 (Biscay) |
| Website: | Town Council |
Erandio is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.
In 1415, during the War of the Bands, the corregidor, the royally-appointed governor of the Biscayan hermandad, acting on royal orders, siphoned off Biscayan wheat to the Asturias, inciting a rebellion. The Biscayans were defeated at Erandio with the loss of sixty men and the wheat transfers continued.
Several annual festivals are celebrated in Erandio.
The main festivals are Patronal festivals (fiestas patronalesin Spanish) (patronage festivals, held in the days around the date dedicated to the patron saints under whose advocation churches and hermits are).The local public holiday of the municipality rotates yearly on August 10, August 28 and the corpus Christi day.[1]
Erandio has also celebrated a street music festival called Musikale, with music bands marching and playing in the neighbourhoods of Altzaga and Astrabudua. Musikale had been originally conceived in the neighbouring municipality of Leioa. For some years it was held simultaneously in Leioa, Erandio, Basauri and Sestao, but the other municipalities dropped it, and in 2013 only Erandio organised it.[2]
Other public festivals celebrated in September are the recreation of a tradicional rural Basque wedding in Astrabudua, and Erandio Magikoa and open air Festival of Magic held in different neighbourhoods.
While Asua and Erandio Goikoa are just 3 Km away from Bilbao Airport, other parts of the municipality, like Astrabudua are more than 6 Km away. There is no direct public transport from Erandio to the passengers terminal, though buses can be taken in the neighbouring municipalities of Loiu and Bilbao.
Erandio is connected to other municipalities of Biscay (like Barakaldo, Bermeo, Bilbao, Derio, Getxo, Larrabetzu, Laukiz, Leioa, Mungia and Muskiz) by Bizkaibus bus services [3] and by line 1 of the Bilbao metro, which has three stations in Erandio (Lutxana, Erandio, and Astrabudua), and by Euskotren trains.
There are several bridges over the minor rivers, such as Asua, but there is currently only one bridge over the Estuary of Bilbao, formed by the Ibaizabal - Nervión river, the Rontegi bridge only for motorised vehicles.
There is a project for a pedestrian bridge, which will be called All Iron Zubia between Erandio and Barakaldo.
Erandio was also connected to Barakaldo by fluvial passenger transport over the Estuary, first by rowing boats, and since the 20th century [4] in motorised boats, which were popularly known as gasolino. Regular fluvial transport service was interrupted in February 2024, due to economical difficulties caused by the rise of fuel prices and the competence of land public transport [5] [6], though private boats are ocasionally hired for leisure travel along the estuary.