2001 in Spain

Events in the year 2001 in Spain.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Juan Carlos I
 * Prime Minister: José María Aznar López

February

 * 5: Endesa and Iberdrola, two electrical companies announce that the merger process that began in October 2000 has stopped and will not be finalized.
 * 11: 7 Technicians of the Compañía Lírica die in a traffic accident.
 * 13: Javier Bardem is nominated for an Academy Award for his role in Julian Schnabel's film Before Night Falls, being the first Spanish actor to do so.
 * 22: Terrorist group ETA execute a car bombing that kills two employees of the company Elektra in San Sebastián.

April

 * 7: The Partido de Acción Socialista (PASOC) agrees to abandon its federal congress within the United and Alternative Left.
 * 23: Madrid is chosen to be a World Book Capital

May
13: The EAJ-PNV/EA coalition (Basque Nationalist Party and Eusko Alkartasuna) attains a great victory during the Basque regional elections, forming a government for the next four years. Juan José Ibarretxe stays on as president the autonomous community of the Basque Country.

August

 * 24: Singer Joaquin Sabina suffered a minor stroke because of excessive drug use that would lead him to the brink of death.
 * 31: After the death of twelve patients undergoing hemodialysis in Valencia, Madrid and Barcelona, The Department of Pharmacy decides granting a protective detention of a dialyzer marketed by multinational Baxter.

December

 * The Orquesta Ciudad de Almería, OCAL (City Orchestra of Almeria) is founded in the Province of Almería,

Sports

 * 2000–01 La Liga
 * 2000–01 Segunda División
 * 2000–01 Copa del Rey
 * 2001 Vuelta a España

Births

 * January 9: Eric García, footballer
 * January 29: Melania Rodríguez, trampolinist
 * February 11: Bryan Gil, footballer
 * April 4: Daniel Aviles, actor