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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 24 km (15 mi) north-east of Oviedo, [3] the capital of Asturias, and 26 km (16 mi) from Avilés. With a population of 273,744 as of 2023, [4] Gijón is the 15th largest city in Spain.
Map of Spain with Asturias highlighted Municipal Map of Asturias. This is a list of the 78 municipalities in the province and autonomous community of Asturias, Spain, with their areas, populations and the comarca in which each is located.
This makes the region the 10th richest in Spain, a big decrease from the 1970s/1980s - the heyday of the Spanish mining industry, when Asturias was commonly regarded as one of the most prosperous regions in Southern Europe. Asturias has been growing below the Spanish national average since the decline of the mining industry, and grew just 0.82% ...
A province in Spain [note 1] is a territorial division defined as a collection of municipalities. [1] [2] [3] The current provinces of Spain correspond by and large to the provinces created under the purview of the 1833 territorial re-organization of Spain, with a similar predecessor from 1822 (during the Trienio Liberal) and an earlier precedent in the 1810 Napoleonic division of Spain into ...
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. [1] The comarca of Gijón is divided into three municipalities (in Asturian conceyos). [2] From east to west ...
This is a list of the largest metropolitan areas in Spain by population. Infographic based on Corinne Land Cover 2018. IGN. Estimates are from the following sources: the "Functional Urban Areas" (FUAs) of the Study on Urban Functions of the European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON, 2007) [1]
Since 2011 it is located in Sanz Crespo street due to the works for the Metrotrén Asturias project. [2] It is the terminus for Alvia services from Madrid , Alicante , León , Valladolid and Barcelona , as well as Intercity and Media Distancia services from Madrid, Valladolid and León.
Despite being "the first iron and coal producing region" of Spain in the 1870s, [1] Asturias was not connected to the rest of the country by rail until 1884. This delay in railway connection was detrimental to "the growth possibilities of both regions", causing difficulties in transporting industrial and agricultural products to other markets.