Zumaia
Zumaia municipality | ||
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coat of arms | Map of Spain | |
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Basque Country | |
Province : | Gipuzkoa | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 17 ′ N , 2 ° 15 ′ W | |
Area : | 11.28 km² | |
Residents : | 10,098 (Jan. 1, 2019) | |
Population density : | 895.21 inhabitants / km² | |
Postal code : | 20750 | |
Municipality number ( INE ): | 20081 | |
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Website : | www.zumaia.net | |
Location of the municipality | ||
Zumaia (official and Basque name, Spanish Zumaya ) is a city in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Spanish Autonomous Community of the Basque Country . It is located about 25 km west of the city of Donostia-San Sebastián .
geography
Zumaia is located in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. In the city is the confluence of the Urola in the Bay of Biscay .
The climate is maritime with moderate summers and mild winters.
geology
Zumaia is geologically interesting mainly because of the easily visible flysch . On the coast, the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary and the layers of the Paleocene (66.0–56.0 Ma ) and the Ypresian (Lower Eocene ) are exposed . The international reference profiles for the base of the Thanetium and the Seelandium have been located on the beach of Zumaia since 2008 .
history
The first written mention of the place comes from the year 1292. The railway accident of Zumaya in 1941 claimed 26 lives.
Attractions
One of the city's attractions is the Museo Ignacio Zuloaga , which exhibits works by El Greco and Francisco de Goya , among others . It is located in the house where the painter Ignacio Zuloaga (1870–1945) lived.
The Church of San Pedro was built in the Gothic style. It is located on the Camino de la Costa , the Way of St. James along the north coast of Spain.
traffic
The city is on the San Sebastian - Bilbao railway line .
Web links
- Tourist information ( Memento of May 28, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- Current weather and Zumaia weather database
- Ignacio Zuloaga Museum (Spanish, Basque, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).