Beasain Knowpia

Beasain
Beasain
Municipality
	Beasain
	Igartza Palace in Beasain
	Coat of arms
	Beasain Location of Beasain within the Basque Country and within Spain Beasain Beasain (Spain)
	Coordinates: 43°02′45″N 2°11′22″W / 43.04583°N 2.18944°W
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Basque Country
Province	Gipuzkoa
Eskualdea	Goierri
Founded	1615
Government
• Type	City Council
• Mayor	Aitor Aldasoro Iturbe (PNV)
Area
• Total	30.02 km2 (11.59 sq mi)
Population (2018)
• Total	13,881
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (GMT +1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (GMT +2)
Post code	20200
Area code	+34 943
Website	www.beasain.eus

Beasain is a town and municipality located in the Goierri region of the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain. It has an important industry of railway vehicles and related equipment (CAF)^[2] that exports its production around the world.

In 2015 it had a population of 13,980 inhabitants.

Notable people edit

Karlos Arguiñano (born September 6, 1948) is a Spanish chef.
Pako Ayestarán (born 5 February 1963) is a Spanish football manager, former Head Coach of Valencia CF.
Gorka Elustondo (born 18 March 1987) is a Spanish football player, currently playing for Rayo Vallecano

^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ "Production begins for Cincinnati streetcar vehicle". Fox19. 20 March 2013. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.