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Encyclopedia > Irún

Don't confuse Irun with Iruñea, the Basque name of Pamplona. Pamplona (Basque: Irunea / Iruñea) is the capital city of Navarre, Spain. ... Pamplona (Basque: Irunea / Iruñea) is the capital city of Navarre, Spain. ...


Irun (Irún in Spanish) is a city of the province of Guipuzcoa (Basque: Gipuzkoa), Basque Country , Spain. Guipúzcoa (Basque Gipuzkoa, Spanish Guipúzcoa, in English sometimes as Guipuscoa) is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ... This language or phonology-related article needs to be fully converted to IPA. See IPA in Unicode for information about the correct codes for IPA characters. ... Capital Vitoria-Gasteiz Official languages Basque and Spanish Area  – Total  – % of Spain Ranked 14th   7 234 km²  1,4% Population  – Total (2003)  – % of Spain  – Density Ranked 7th  2 108 281  5,0%  291,44/km² Demonym  – English  – Basque  – Spanish  Basque  euskal herritar, euskaldun  vasco/a, vascongado/a Statute of Autonomy...


One of the biggest cities in Guipuzcoa, its border-city condition (it's located on the border between Spain and France, across the Bidasoa river from Hendaye) has made of Irun a comercial and logistic centre, with important railway infrastructure, where the SNCF rails met with the broad gauge Renfe ones. Categories: France geography stubs | Lapurdi | Communes of Pyrénées-Atlantiques ... An SNCF train. ... Great Western Railway broad gauge steam locomotives awaiting scrapping in 1892 after the conversion to standard gauge. ... RENFE is Spains national railway operator. ...


Irun is part of the conurbation of Txingudi bay (with Hondarribia and Hendaye), and is also involved in the Eurocite Basque Bayonne San Sebastián. Hondarribia (sand river in Basque, formerly known by its Spanish adaptation Fuenterrabía) is a town situated on the east shore of Bidasoa Rivers mouth, in Gipuzkoa, Basque Country. ... View of Grand Bayonne across the Adour Bayonne (Basque: Baiona; Spanish: Bayona) is a city and commune of southwest France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, of which it is a sous-préfecture. ... Geography > Europe > Spain > Basque Country > Guipúzcoa San Sebastián with sailboats San Sebastián (Donostia in Basque) is the capital city of the province of Guipúzcoa, in the Spanish autonomous community of Basque Country. ...


One of its main festivals is the Alarde, a parade recreating an episode of the Peninsula War. The Peninsular War (1808-1814) was a major conflict during the Napoleonic Wars. ...


External link

  • Irun Townhall (http://www.irun.org)
  • Eurocite Basque's official page (http://www.eurocite-basque.org/page.asp?IDPAGE=201)


 
Municipalities in Guipúzcoa
Abaltzisketa |Aduna | Aia | Aizarnazabal | Albiztur | Alegia | Alkiza | Altzaga | Altzo | Amezketa | Andoain | Anoeta | Antzuola | Arama | Aretxabaleta | Arrasate/Mondragón | Asteasu | Astigarraga | Ataun | Azkoitia | Azpeitia | Baliarrain | Beasain | Beizama | Belauntza | Berastegi | Bergara | Berrobi | Bidegoyan | Deba | Donostia-San Sebastián | Eibar | Elduain | Elgeta | Elgoibar | Errenteria | Errezil | Eskoriatza | Ezkio-Itsaso | Gabiria | Gaintza | Gaztelu | Getaria | Hernani | Hernialde | Hondarribia | Ibarra | Idiazabal | Ikaztegieta | Irun | Irura | Itsasondo | Larraul | Lasarte-Oria | Lazkao | Leaburu | Legazpi | Legorreta | Leintz-Gatzaga | Lezo | Lizartza | Mendaro | Mutiloa | Mutriku | Oiartzun | Olaberria | Oñati | Ordizia | Orendain | Orexa | Orio | Ormaiztegi | Pasaia | Segura | Soraluze/Placencia de las Armas | Tolosa | Urnieta | Urretxu | Usurbil | Villabona | Zaldibia | Zarautz | Zegama | Zerain | Zestoa | Zizurkil | Zumaia | Zumarraga

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