Gijón

Gijón [ xixɔn ] ( Asturian Xixón ) is a port and industrial city in Asturias and also the economic center of this region of Spain. Here, on the Bay of Biscay, is one of the main ports of Spain's north coast. In the 275 274 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013) scoring city outweighs especially the heavy industry with steel plants, shipyards and engineering. In the Middle Ages, and in Roman times it was called Gigia.

• 6.1 Structures
• 6.2 Sports

History

Development since 1900

In the statistics reflect two periods of strong growth: Gijón, which had in 1900 counted 46,813 residents ( in the first reliable population survey) (258 per km ²) doubled the number of its inhabitants 1920-1940 - and again between 1960 and 1980 began. had the 20th century for the town on the Atlantic coast with a significant slowdown of the economic recovery. New impetus brought the opening of the port of El Musel in 1907, which soon became the engine of the local economy and led to the gold rush in the region. 1918 remained Gijón of the great influenza epidemic that cruelly raged in Spain and over 40 million human lives, largely spared "only " about 900, the loss of people who had made ​​up quickly when opened in 1920, the first major shipyards and workers and their families flocked from the surrounding rural areas in the prosperous city. During 1929 in New York crashed the stock market, the Asturian region got the next start-up: they had discovered promising coal reserves and already spoke of the " Spanish Bohemia " ( which probably should have been more of Silesia meant ). And after 1935 is finally the first coal was mined from the mine La Camocha, offered mines in the hinterland and smelting operations in Gijón thousands of former farm workers from all over Spain a new perspective. More jobs created cement production from 1952.

Population Development

Parroquias

The circle is divided into 26 parroquias:

• Serín
• Tacones
• Fresno
• Poago

• Veriña
• Jove
• Gijón
• Somió

• Cabuenes
• Deva
• Caldones
• Baldornón

• Fano
• Lavandera
• Huerces
• Leorio

• La Pedrera
• Ruedes
• Cenero
• Porceyo

• Tremañes
• Roces
• Granda
• Bernueces

• Vega
• Santurio

Policy

Economy

Culture and sights

Structures

Worth seeing, especially the built in 1590, Palacio de los Valdés, in whose cellars remains of Roman baths were found. The service used for art exhibitions Palace of Revillagigedo contributes significantly to the ambience of the harbor open Plaza del Marqués. On a hill by the sea Eduardo Chillida has one of his most important sculptures, praise the horizon placed. As tourist attractions in the last years, especially the botanical garden of the city, the aquarium and the transformation into a modern arts and cultural center of originating from the Franco era monumental construction Universidad Laboral are emphasized. The completed in 2007, about 12 km long coastal path from the center of Gijón to the beach of La ñora allows some beautiful views over the cliffs of the Cantabrian Sea.

Sports

The best football club in Gijón (Sporting Gijón) plays in the Segunda División. Gijón Baloncesto plays in professional basketball league.

Worldwide fame Gijón as the venue of those controversial World Cup game on 25 June 1982 in which Austria and Germany after the early 1-0 to Germany hardly moving ( non-aggression pact of Gijon ), because this result brought both teams to the next round. " Gijon" has since been used informally for hauled competitions.

2008 Gijón hosted the speed skating World Cup. Gijon will host the 2014 Climbing World Cup.

Sons and daughters of the town

• José Luis Rubiera, Spanish cyclist
• Santiago Carrillo Solares (1915-2012), Spanish politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain PCE 1960-1982
• Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744-1811), Spanish writer, lawyer, politician and scholar
• Paco Ignacio Taibo I (1924-2008), Spanish - Mexican writer and journalist
• Paco Ignacio Taibo II ( born 1949 ), Mexican author and crime writer
• Luis Enrique (born 1970 ), Spanish footballer
• Alberto Entrerríos, Raúl Entrerríos, Spanish handball player
• Julián Espina, Argentine lefebvristischer priest, known for violence against art exhibitions
• Miguel Ángel Angulo, Spanish footballer
• Quini, Spanish footballer
• Benito Floro ( born 1952 ), Spanish football coach
• José Prida y Solares (* 1889, † ), Spanish - Chilean painter
• Abelardo Fernández, Spanish footballer

Twinning

• United States United States - Albuquerque since 1977
• France France - Niort since 1980
• Russia Russia - Novorossiysk since 1986
• Mexico Mexico - Puerto Vallarta since 1987
• Cuba Cuba - Havana since 1994
• Western Sahara Western Sahara - Smara - 1996
• Spain - Muros de Galicia since 1998

Swell

• Population figures, see INE
• Zip see
• Coordinates and altitude information see Google Earth