Loiu

Loiu is a city and municipality placed in the province of Biscay, within the self reliant network of Basque Country, northern Spain. The Bilbao Airport terminal lies within the municipality limits. Loiu is placed in the Asua Valley, with Derio lying to the East and Erandio to the West. In Euskera, the metropolis is officially called Loiu. In Spanish, the metropolis is referred to as Lujua. The old name of the town become Luxua, however it was converted into Spanish after the phonetic evolution of x/j.

In Euskera, the phonetic evolution of the toponym was distinctive: whilst the ending changed into lost, phoneme x developed in a different manner to the Spanish language y, and the variant of the tonic syllable lu for lo. That is Luxu Loiu. Euskaltzaindia followed Loiu as the authentic shape of the name. Loiu followed its legitimate name in 1983. A big part of the populace is dispersed around usa farmhouses. The major neighbourhood is Zabaloetxe, wherein the church is placed. Other urban areas are Elochelerri, on the way to Asua Valley, next to the airport, and Lauros.