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From the second half of the 19th century and particularly during the 20th century, there was a spectacular concentration phenomenon around many of those urban centres created in the Middle Ages. The movement of the population then reversed the trend in medieval times: first in the Atlantic area (Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa) and subsequently on the Mediterranean side of the watershed (Álava and Navarra). This concentration was fundamentally due to industrialisation and the ensuing new ways of life.
In those housing agglomerations, the house even lost its common name; blocks, flats and apartments are the names use to refer to the dwelling and its location<ref>Ander MANTEROLA. “Etxea” in ''Euskaldunak''. VolumeIIIVolume III. Bilbao: 1980, pp. 544-545.</ref>.
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