Gijn
| Gijn | |
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| Cimadevilla. | |
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| Flag | Blazon |
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| General Information | |
| Local name | Gijn Xixn |
| Status | Municipio |
| Country |  Spain |
| Comunidad |  Asturias |
| Province | Asturias |
| County | Gijn |
| Postcode | 33201, 33213 |
| Demonym | Gijon / her Xixona / her |
| Foundation | fifth century BC. AD |
| Geographic Data | |
| Contact | 43 32 '00 "North 5 42 '00 "West / 43.533333, -5.7 |
| Area | 181.6 km 2 |
| Altitude Avg. | 3 m |
| Distance (s) | Gijon is at 467 km from Madrid. |
| Population ( INE ) - Total: - Density : - Year: | 277 554 inhabitants. 1 528.38 inhabitants / km 2 2009 |
| Bordered by | Cantabrian Sea |
| Politics | |
| Mayor - party - Mandate | Paz Fernndez Felgueroso PSOE 2007 - 2011 |
| Website | http://www.gijon.es/ |
| Culture | |
| Patron saint | St. Peter |
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Gijon is a city on the coast of Cantabria in the province of Asturias and Asturias in Spain. His name in Asturian is Xixn.
Summary |
Location: The town is located in the middle of the Asturian coast, between 0 and 513 meters above sea level (peak San Martn), bounded on the west by Carreo , east by Villaviciosa and south by Siero and Llanera.
The city is built on the coast, and the center is divided by Cimadevilla peninsula that separates the beach of San Lorenzo to the east of the marina, the beaches of Poniente and Arbeyal, arsenal and port of Musel west.
Area: 181.6 sq km
Access: Motorway A-66 (Route de La Plata), A-8 (Highway Cantabria) and AS-1 (Highway Minera). By train, Gijn has daily connections to cities such as Madrid, Alicante, Zaragoza and Barcelona. There are also boats that arrive at the port of Musel.
Climate: Oceanic, hot summers alternate with sunny days and cloudy. In winter the climate is mild, more or less rainy and windy, however, sometimes the cold climate of Asturias and the north is pointed out by snow at sea level
Demographics
The population of the town is 380 000. The city proper has a population of 290 000 inhabitants.
Historical Society:
- 1857: 23,000 (10,000 in the city)
- 1900: 47,000 (27,000 ")
- 1930: 77,000 (50,000 ")
- 1960: 125000 (90000 ")
- 1970: 185,000 (160,000 ")
- 1981: 256,000 (233,000 ")
- 1991: 261,000 (235,000 ")
Economy
Based on tourism, services, steel ( Arcelor ), metallurgy, animal husbandry and fisheries. Wearing Musel is the most active of Asturias.
In Gijn is also the Universidad Laboral built by the architect Luis Moya Blanco.
History
Popular revolts (shipyards)
Culture
- Related songs: Ska-p : Naval Xixn in Album Eskoria Planeta ( 2000 )
Places and monuments
- Marina
- Paeso San Lorenzo 3 km long promenade along the beach of San Lorenzo.
- Poniente beach
- Avenida Rendueles and many small cafs.
- Plaza del Carmen
- Hill of Santa Catalina to its summit stands a sculpture as a challenge facing the open ocean, the "Praise the horizon," a work of Eduardo Chillida.
- Nuevos espacios: a set of 15 monumental works of contemporary sculptors, displayed throughout the city
Personalities linked to the common
- Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos , native (1744-1811), politician and writer.
- Alonso Carri of Vander , native (1715-1783), public servant, merchant, traveler and writer.
- Melquades Alvarez (politician) , born (1854-1936), lawyer and politician secular.
- Santiago Carrillo , a native (1915), communist politician and writer.
- Orlando Pelayo , native (1920-1990), painter and politician.
- Paco Ignacio Taibo I , native (1924-2008), writer and journalist.
- Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002), sculptor.
- Xuan Xos Snchez Vicente , born (1943), politician and writer.
- Vicente Alberto lvarez Areces , born (1943), socialist politician.
- Paco Ignacio Taibo II , born (1949), writer.
- ngeles Caso , born (1959), journalist, novelist and translator.
- Eloy Olaya , born (1964), international footballer.
- Javier Manjarin , born (1969), international footballer.
- Abelardo Fernandez , a native (1970), international footballer.
- Luis Enrique , born (1970), international footballer.
- Jose Luis Rubiera , a native (1973), international racing cyclist.
- Alberto Entrerros native (1976), international handball.
- Daniel Navarro Garcia , a native (1973), international racing cyclist.
- Ral Entrerros native (1981), international handball.
- Pedro Santa Cecilia , born (1984), international footballer.
Sports
Arrival of the Tour of Spain
- 2003 : ONCE (team time trial)
- 2002 :
Serguei Smetanine - 2001 :
Erik Zabel - 2000 : Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano
Arrival of the Solitaire du Figaro
- July 30, 2010.
Twinnings
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Albuquerque ( USA ) since 1977 -
Niort ( France ) since 1980 - Novorossiysk ( Russia ) since 1986
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Puerto Vallarta ( Mexico ) since 1987 -
Havana ( Cuba ) since 1994 -
Smara ( Morocco ) since 1996 - Muros (Galicia) ( Spain ) since 1998
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