Everything about Irun totally explained
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time_zone = CET (GMT +1)|
time_zone_summer = CEST (GMT +2)|
image_skyline = |
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founded = Feb 28
1776 |
native_language = Basque |
community = Basque Country |
community_link = Basque Country (autonomous community)|
province = Gipuzkoa (Basque) Guipúzcoa (Spanish) |
province_link = Gipuzkoa (province) |
comarca = Bajo Bidasoa|
comarca_link = Bidasoa (region)|
divisions= |
neighborhoods = |
mayor = José Antonio Santano Clavero |
political_party = PSE-EE|
political_party_link = Socialist Party of Euskadi - Euskadiko Ezkerra|
area = 42,40 |
altitude = from 5 to 825|
population = 59.557 |
date-population = 2005|
population-ranking = |
density = 1404,65|
date-density = 2005 |
website = http://www.irun.org/|
postal_code = 20.300-20.305 |
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Irun (old
Basque for 'fortified town',
Spanish:
Irún) is a town of the
Bidasoa region in the province of
Guipuscoa (
Basque: Gipuzkoa) in the
Basque Autonomous Community,
Spain. Nowadays it's widely accepted by the historic researcher community that
Irun is the ancient
Basque Roman town of
Oiasso on account of the vestiges (port, factory, etc.) disclosed lately in the historic nucleus of
Irun, while the name itself may have applied to the whole surrounding area.
One of the biggest towns in Guipuscoa, its border town situation (it is located on the border between Spain and
France, across the
Bidasoa river from
Hendaye), has made
Irun into a commercial and logistic centre, with important railway infrastructure, where the
SNCF rails meet the 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 in)
broad gauge Renfe ones. Currently
Irun features a fair ground provided with modern exhibition and telecommunication facilities just at some 100 metres away from the actual borderline at the Santiago Bridge (river
Bidasoa).
Irun is part of the conurbation of
Txingudi bay with
Hondarribia and
Hendaye, the town being also involved in the
Eurocité Basque
Bayonne-
San Sebastián.
One of its main festivals is the
Alarde, a parade recreating an episode of the
Peninsula War.
Further Information
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