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Gijón (em asturiano: Xixón é um concelho ( município) da província e Principado das Astúrias, na Espanha. Tem 181,7 km² de área e em 2019 tinha 271 780 habitantes ( densidade: 1 495,8 hab./km² ). [ 1] O concelho tem 26 freguesias e um dos principais portos marítimos da Espanha. É a cidade mais povoada das Astúrias, com ...
Gijón (en asturiano: Xixón) es una ciudad española con la categoría histórica de villa. [5] Es el único núcleo de población de la parroquia de Gijón (Gijón/Xixón oficialmente). Su concejo —denominación que reciben los municipios en Asturias— [6] es el más poblado de la comunidad autónoma, con 273 744 habitantes en ...
- El Centro, Cimadevilla y Laviada
- El Llano
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One theory based on some early medieval texts mention it as "Gigia", derived from the identical Greek and Latin term "gigias", meaning "giant", both of which refer to the Greek mythological giant Gigas. The medieval "Gigia" name, in turn, more specifically would refer to the ancient Roman wall built on the peninsula of the Cimavillaneighbourhood of...
Prehistory and Romanization
The first evidence of human presence in what is known nowadays as the municipality of Gijón is located on Monte Deva, where there exists a series of tumuli, and on Monte Areo, where there are some neolithic dolmens. These dolmens were discovered in 1990 and were supposedly built around 5000 BC. The first noticed settlement (Noega) is located in Campa Torres. It has its origin between the 6th and 5th centuries BC. It was populated by Astures (Cilúrnigos) and later Romanized. Noega was progress...
Middle Ages and modern era
The invasions of barbarian tribes in the 5th and 6th centuries left no traces. The region submitted to the power of the Visigoth king Sisebutin the 7th century. This period marks the beginnings of Christianization, one of the first Christian worshipping places being the Roman villa of Veranes. Gijón was capital of the Muslim territories on the Cantabric Sea, under the power of Munuza, for a short period between 713 and 718 or 722. In 722 the Asturians won the Battle of Covadonga which is rega...
Contemporary history
The 19th century brought with it great development, with the commerce of coal, the Gijón–León road and later the Langreo–Gijón railway. All this contributed to the quick expansion of the port, since the intensity of the traffic overflowed the port. A new port, El Musel, was built in 1893 and it was the first coal port of the peninsula. Gijón was going through a conversion to an industrial town with a new bourgeois and an urban development, opening new streets and squares, with new municipal e...
Location
The city is situated on the coast of central Asturias, from sea level to an altitude of 513 m (1,683 ft) at Picu Samartín and 672 m (2,205 ft) at Peña de los Cuatro Jueces, bordered on the West by Carreño, the East by Villaviciosa, and to the South by Siero and Llanera. The city is situated along the Asturian coast and is distinguished by the peninsula of Cimavilla (the original settlement) which separates the beach of San Lorenzo and adjacent neighborhoods to the east from the beaches of Pon...
Climate
Gijón has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) typical of the Atlantic coast of Spain, with cool summers and wet and mostly mild winters. The onshore flow from the Atlantic Ocean creates a cool summer and mild winter climate where severe heat and very cold temperatures are rare. The narrow temperature range is demonstrated by the record August temperature being only 6.4 °C warmer than the all-time record January temperature.The climate is wet and cloudy by Spanish s...
Gijón is divided in six districts: Center, East, South, West, El Llano and Rural. In this last one, all the peri-urban zone and the rural parishesare integrated.
According to the 2021 Municipal Population Register (INE), the council had 268,896 inhabitants, of which 142,411 are women and 126,485 are men. The municipal population grew remarkably throughout the 20th century, especially between the 1960s and 1980s, a period in which it doubled. Starting in the 1990s, growth stagnated, reflecting the similar sl...
Cultural activities are carried out throughout the year, which increase considerably in the summer months, especially in August due to the Feast of the Assumption, with parties, music and theater. This complements the continuous programming of the Teatro Municipal Jovellanos (Jovellanos Municipal Theater). The various festivities carried out in Gij...
In team sports, Gijón's professional football team, Sporting de Gijón, currently plays in the Spanish second division. CP Gijón Solimar is one of the most important women's roller hockey teams in Europe as it is five times champion of the European Cup. Círculo Gijón is the main basketball team of the city, and plays in Spanish basketball third tier...
For much of the 20th century the town was heavily dependent on mature heavy industries, but at the end of the Francoism, tertiary sectoremployment began to expand rapidly along with the city's population which by 2007 stood officially at 277,897 for Gijón proper, and approximately 380,000 for the total Gijón agglomeration. The port is at the center...
Airports
Gijón is served by Asturias Airport, about 38 km (24 mi) from the center of the city; it is located in the municipality of Castrillón. The airport is connected to the city by the A-8 motorway, the N-632 national highway and scheduled bus service (Alsa).
Seaport
The service offered by LD Lines has been canceled in Gijón. The closest Ferry services are now in Santander and Bilbao. However, Gijón still has a good freight service by El Musel
Public transport
Gijón currently has 18 bus lines and four more Búho (owl) lines. The owl serviceswork on Friday and Saturday nights, and daily in the months of July and August.
PSOE governed the city from 1979 to 2011, the longest continuous period since Spain's transition to democracy. Carmen Moriyón, the current mayor, was elected mayor on 17 June 2023 and she is a member of Asturian Forum.
Gijón (Asturian: Xixón) is a city in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. It is located on the Bay of Biscay, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Oviedo. Gijón has a population of 275,274 inhabitants, more than any other city in Asturias.
Gijón. Ne doit pas être confondu avec Gérone ou Dijon . Gijón (Xixón en asturien) est une ville espagnole, capitale de la comarque du même nom. Elle est située sur la côte des Asturies, communauté autonome dont elle est la municipalité la plus peuplée avec 298 450 habitants.
Gijón (or, in Asturian, Xixón; official name: Gijón/Xixón) is one of eight comarcas (this is the Spanish word; the Asturian is cotarros), administrative divisions of Asturias, which is a province and an autonomous community in Spain. The comarca of Gijón is divided into three municipalities (in Asturian conceyos). From east to ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Gijón, Spain . Prior to 20th century. 844 – Gijón successfully resisted a Norman raid. [1] 1395 – Gijón was burned down. [1] 1560 – Gijón city archives active (approximate date). [2] [3] 1721 – Palacio de Revillagigedo [ es] built. 1797 – Real Instituto Jovellanos [ es] founded. [1]
