Official Name: | Sondika |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Basque Country |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Sondika within the Basque Country |
Coordinates: | 43.2988°N -2.9253°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Biscay |
Subdivision Type3: | Eskualdea |
Subdivision Name3: | Greater Bilbao |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Gorka Carro Bilbao |
Area Total Km2: | 6.30 |
Elevation M: | 27 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Website: | www.sondika.eus |
Sondika (Spanish, Sondica) is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country, northern Spain.[1]
Situated directly south of the runway of Bilbao Airport, it is the location of Bilbao British Cemetery, containing a Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery with 58 casualties (not to be confused with a far larger municipal cemetery in neighbouring Derio).