Vigo

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Vigo
Center and port of Vigo
Center and port of Vigo
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Vigo coat of arms
Vigo (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : GaliciaGalicia Galicia
Province : Pontevedra
Comarca : Vigo
Coordinates 42 ° 14 ′  N , 8 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 14 ′  N , 8 ° 43 ′  W
Height : 0  msnm
Area : 109.1 km²
Residents : 295,364 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 2,707.28 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 36200-36392
Municipality number  ( INE ): 36057
Nearest airport : Vigo airport
administration
Mayor : Abel Caballero Álvarez ( PSOE )
Address of the municipal administration: Praza do Rei, 1, 36202 Vigo, Tel .: +34 986 81 01 00
Website : vigo.org
Location of the city
Situacion Vigo.PNG
Aerial view of Vigo

Vigo ( Galician and Spanish [ ˈbiɣo ]) is a port and industrial city with 295,364 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Pontevedra in the autonomous region of Galicia (Galicia) in northwest Spain . The university city on the Ría de Vigo is the largest city in Galicia.

geography

location

Vigo is located in the south of the Ría de Vigo , which is named after the city and which is about 35 kilometers long and belongs to the Rías Baixas , on the Atlantic Ocean . The city extends on the slopes of Monte del Castro around a natural harbor .

In the northeast the city borders on Redondela , in the east on Mos , in the south on O Porriño and Gondomar and in the southwest on Nigrán .

climate

Rocks near Vigo
Vigo Marina


Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Vigo (Aeropuerto) (261 m)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 11.9 13.3 15.7 16.6 18.8 22.5 24.4 24.7 22.8 18.8 14.9 12.4 O 18.1
Min. Temperature (° C) 5.4 5.8 7.3 8.2 10.4 13.2 14.8 15.0 13.8 11.2 8.2 6.3 O 10
Temperature (° C) 8.6 9.6 11.5 12.4 14.6 17.9 19.6 19.8 18.3 15.0 11.5 9.3 O 14th
Precipitation ( mm ) 208 162 141 157 127 62 44 45 102 231 246 262 Σ 1,787
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 3.7 4.5 5.7 6.4 7.4 9.1 9.5 9.3 7.1 5.0 3.7 3.3 O 6.2
Rainy days ( d ) 14.0 11.7 11.6 13.5 12.4 6.9 5.0 4.7 7.8 13.1 13.1 15.1 Σ 128.9
Humidity ( % ) 84 78 73 73 73 71 71 71 74 81 84 84 O 76.4
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history

Vigo was founded by the Romans ( Vicus ). The later medieval settlement was at the foot of the O Castro mountain and included what is now the old town of Berbés .

At the end of the 10th century, the Moorish ruler Almansor attacked the city, and it was not until 1170 that Fernando II (reigned 1157–1188) was able to repopulate Vigo. Constant raids by the Normans and the plague in the 14th century, in which almost the entire population died, hit the Viguesen hard. After Charles V granted the city privileges in 1529, Vigo flourished primarily through trade in South America. Sir Francis Drake had the unfortified city thoroughly destroyed in 1589 in the course of the Counter Armada . In 1619 Turkish pirates plundered the Ría de Vigo , after which Vigo got its city walls. In 1702 the naval battle near Vigo ended in the War of the Spanish Succession between a Spanish-French gold armada and Anglo-Dutch squadrons with a raid by the victorious English through Vigo. Napoleon's troops marched into the city in 1808, and after three months of French occupation they were driven out by the Viguesen. By 1840 only 5500 people lived in Vigo. Faro de Vigo, the oldest newspaper in Spain, appeared as early as 1853.

During the Second World War , Vigo was one of the bases of the German submarine weapons in Spain. Spain had declared itself neutral, but not least because of the German support in the Spanish Civil War, the Franco dictatorship had a positive attitude towards the German Reich for a long time and tolerated the violation of neutrality from 1940 to 1942. The supply bases were usually merchant ships. In the book and in the film "Das Boot" This fact was recorded.

After the Transición , Vigo became, alongside Madrid, one of the centers of the Movida , the cultural awakening after the end of the Franco dictatorship .

In 1980 the animal welfare organization Sea Shepherd sank the whaling ships Isba I and Isba II in the port of Vigo .

Population development


Source: INE archive - graphic processing for Wikipedia

Economy and Transport

Vigo is traditionally strongly oriented towards the Atlantic Ocean; the city has one of the largest natural harbors in Spain and is home to the largest fishing fleet in the country. The port of Vigo is of the greatest importance in the world in the supply of marine products for human consumption. Vigo is the seat of the European Fisheries Control Agency . In Vigo there is also a plant of the French car manufacturer Groupe PSA (Peugeot-Citroën), which produces the C4 Picasso and Berlingo models.

Employment figures of the municipality of Vigo in the economic sectors 2014
Employees Percentage
TOTAL 99,545 100
Agriculture, livestock and fishing 602 0.60
Industry 16,169 16.25
Construction industry 4,195 4.21
Service companies 78,579 78.94
* Data from the Statistical Office for Economic Development in Galicia , IPI

traffic

Vigo is the terminus of the Monforte - Ourense - Vigo railway line . As part of the connection of Vigo to the Spanish high-speed network, the Vigo-Urzáiz main station was temporarily shut down from 2011 to 2015 and the new Vigo-Guixar station was built. This should be closed again according to the original plans, but is now the most important long-distance traffic stop in Vigo. Efforts are being made to connect the two terminal stations with a tunnel so that trains on the A Coruña - Lisbon line could stop in Vigo-Urzáiz without worrying . There are train connections within Galicia, to Barcelona, ​​Valencia, Madrid and Bilbao and with the Celta to Porto in Portugal.

Vigo is connected to the Spanish highway network by the Autopista AP-9 , which runs past the city to the east. The Autopista AP-9V runs from the Vigo exit to the center . There is also a connection to Ourense via the A-52 autovía.

The city is about nine kilometers away in the field of neighboring municipality Redondela lying Vigo airport has an airport. The airlines Iberia , Air Europa and Air France connect the international airport of Vigo-Peinador with direct flights (several times a day) to Barcelona , Bilbao , Madrid , Paris , (once a day, several times a week or a week) Alicante , Gran Canaria , Málaga , Palma , Seville and Tenerife , since summer 2008 also to London .

From Vigo there are ferry connections to Cangas and Moaña on the opposite side of the Ría de Vigo and to the Illas Cíes .

education

Vigo is the location of a technical university with more than 20,000 students enrolled.

Sports

In football , Celta Vigo is a professional team that plays in the Primera División (the highest Spanish league), has taken part in the Europa League and the UEFA Cup several times and reached the last 16 of the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League . In addition, the plays Coruxo FC in the third-tier Segunda División B . The handball club SD Octavio played several times in the highest Spanish handball league.

Culture and sights

  • Of the three Illas Cíes (islands off the Ría de Vigo) only the Illa do Norte and the Illa do Faro to the south can be reached by ferry; for the smaller Illa do Sur you need your own boat. The 433 hectare archipelago is a popular recreational area with beautiful beaches and nature reserve, where you can watch nesting gulls , cormorants and herons . The Playa de Rodas beach on Illa do Norte was voted the most beautiful beach in the world by the British daily The Guardian .
  • the old town, the old fishing district of Berbés and the port
  • Vigo has the only zoo in Galicia, it is located on a 240 m high mountain, is around 45,000 m² in size and houses around 600 animals (lions, pumas, black bears, bisons and reptiles).
  • the Rande Bridge at a narrowing of the ria
  • O Castro , the ancient fortress of Vigo
  • the Playa de Samil, the largest beach in the city
  • the shopping streets of Príncipe, Urzáiz and Gran Vía
  • In the incorporated suburbs of Bembrive and Castrelos there is a Romanesque church that is well worth seeing .
  • The City Museum ( Museo Quiñones de León ) is located in Parque de Castrelos .
  • The punk band Siniestro total comes from Vigo.

Town twinning

Vigo maintains town twinning with

sons and daughters of the town

literature

  • José de Santiago y Gómez: Historia de Vigo y su comarca . 1896 (Spanish, online ).

Web links

Commons : Vigo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
  2. ↑ José de Santiago y Gómez: Historia de Vigo y su comarca . 1896 (Spanish, online [accessed February 14, 2018]).
  3. ^ German U-Boat Museum
  4. ↑ UGT propone conectar las estaciones de Guixar y Urzaiz y represents continuidad al eje atlántico. La Voz de Galicia, March 22, 2017, accessed February 14, 2018 (Spanish).
  5. ↑ a b c d Nuestros hermanos esquimales. La Voz de Galicia, March 24, 2013, accessed February 14, 2018 (Spanish).
  6. ↑ Vigo se hermana con Las Palmas tras una iniciativa de gallegos en Canarias , on atlantico.net, June 1, 2010, accessed on February 14, 2018 (Spanish).
  7. ↑ Vigo y Oporto cumplen 30 años de hermanamiento on atlantico.net, October 24, 2016, accessed on February 14, 2018 (Spanish).
  8. ↑ Vigo se hermana con la urbe china de Qingdao , Faro de Vigo, May 14, 2016, accessed on February 14, 2018 (Spanish).