Gijón

Also known as Xixón

Gijón () or '''''' () is a city and municipality in northwestern Spain. It is the largest city and municipality by population in the autonomous community of Asturias.

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Gijón is a city located in northwestern Spain that serves as the largest population center in the autonomous community of Asturias. It matters as a significant urban and demographic hub in its region.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Gijón
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.official_name: Gijón / Xixón
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Gijón.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Gijón.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 150
Settlement.shield_size: 75
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 4
Settlement.mapframe marker: city
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Gijón
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Asturias
Settlement.elevation_m: 3
Settlement.elevation_min_m: 32
Settlement.elevation_max_m: 737

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: council of Asturies
Official name: Gijón
Demonym: gijonés
Country: Spain
Located in: Province of asturias
Population: 269894
Area: 183.95
Elevation: 10
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Body of water: Cantabrian Sea
Head of government: Carmen Moriyón
Capital of: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León
Shares border with: Villaviciosa
Official website: www.gijon.es
Image: Playa San Lorenzo Cimadevilla 13-09-2005.jpg
Households: 122519
Licence plate code: O
Patron saint: Saint Peter

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twinned administrative body: Santa Tecla
Commons category: Gijón
postal code: 33200
different from: Dijon
topic's main category: Category:Gijón
category for people born here: Category:Births in Gijón
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Gijón
category of associated people: Category:People from Gijón
Commons gallery: Gijón
described by source: Pauly–Wissowa
female population: 143652
male population: 128128
P8168: Hermann Strack
native label: Xixón
P12749: February 10

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Gijón () or '''' () is a city and municipality in northwestern Spain. It is the largest city and municipality by population in the autonomous community of Asturias.

It is located on the coast of the Cantabrian Sea in the Bay of Biscay, in the central-northern part of Asturias; it is approximately northeast of Oviedo, the capital of Asturias, and from Avilés. With a population of 270,219 as of 2024, Gijón is the 16th-largest city in Spain.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gijón” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.