| Ortuella | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain Basque Country |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Ortuella within the Basque Country |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Spain |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
| Subdivision Name1: | Basque Country |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Biscay |
| Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
| Subdivision Name3: | Greater Bilbao |
| Coordinates: | 43.3103°N -3.0569°W |
| Elevation M: | 66 |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.65 |
| Established Title: | Segregated |
| Established Date: | 1901 |
| Population Demonym: | ortuellatarra |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Official language(s) |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Basque |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 48530 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Leader Title: | Alcalde |
| Leader Name: | Oskar Martínez Zamora |
| Leader Party: | EAJ-PNV |
Ortuella is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country, northern Spain.
Nowadays part of the Greater Bilbao region, until the beginning of the 19th century it was integrated in the Valley of Somorrostro of the Encartaciones next to the Santurtzi. In 1901 the locality segregated from the Council of the Santurtzi, those days happening to denominate the Santurce-Ortuella. This segregation was motivated by an increase of population due to the mining height of end of the 19th century, being the district of Ortuella the one of greater population in the council. In the 1980s, and by means of the resolution of 27 March 1981, the name of the municipality definitively lost the term "Santurce", simply being "Ortuella", which was the usual name used by their citizens.
Ortuella was the site of a deadly explosion at the Marcelino Ugalde Primary School on 23 October 1980 that killed 50 schoolchildren and 14 adults, and injured killed and injured an additional 128.[1] [2]
The patron saint of Ortuella is Saint Felix of Cantalica (18 May), the name of the main church of the municipality.
Ortuella is administratively divided into 6 neighborhoods or wards:[3]
| 5,041 | 5,528 | 6,060 | 5,688 | 5,681 | 7,633 | 8,011 | 9,100 | 8,976 | 8,684 | 8,618 |