page_title: Biscay
section_title: Juntas Generales
hierarchical_section_title: Biscay / Government and foral institutions / Juntas Generales
caption_attribution_description: English: Palace of Foral Government of Biscay, in Bilbao's Main Road, with a Christmas treeEspañol: Palacio de la Diputación Foral de Vizcaya, en la Gran Vía de Bilbao, con un árbol de navidad.
context_page_description: Biscay is a province of Spain, lying on the south shore of the eponymous bay. The name also refers to a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay. Its capital city is Bilbao. It is one of the most prosperous and important provinces of Spain as a result of the massive industrialization in the last years of the 19th century and first half of the 20th century. Since the deep deindustrialization of the 1970s, the economy has come to rely more on the services sector.
context_section_description: The Juntas Generales of Biscay are a unicameral assembly that has normative authority in the province. Its members, called apoderados, are elected by universal suffrage. The elections are held every four years.
  After the 2015 elections, the configuration of the Juntas is the following:
caption: Foral Diputation's building in Bilbao.
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