Gipuzkoa
Sign in to saveGipuzkoa ( , ; ; ) is a province of Spain in the Basque Autonomous Community, and a historical territory of the Basque Country. Its capital city is San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders at its northeast with Labourd in the French Basque Country, which is in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, with the province and autonomous community of Navarre at the east, Biscay at the west, Álava at the southwest and the Bay of Biscay to its north. It is located at the easternmost extreme of the Cantabric Sea, in the Bay of Biscay. It has of coastline.
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Gipuzkoa is a province in Spain's Basque Autonomous Community, located in the country's northeast along the Bay of Biscay with its capital in San Sebastián. It is historically significant as a territory of the Basque Country and serves as a geographical and cultural bridge between Spain and France, bordering the French Basque region to its northeast.
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17 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Denominations
- ''Gipuzkoa''
- ''Guipúzcoa''
- Geography and demographics
- Population development
- Climate
- Government
- Juntas Generales
- Administrative divisions
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Gipuzkoa ( , ; ; ) is a province of Spain in the Basque Autonomous Community, and a historical territory of the Basque Country. Its capital city is San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders at its northeast with Labourd in the French Basque Country, which is in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, with the province and autonomous community of Navarre at the east, Biscay at the west, Álava at the southwest and the Bay of Biscay to its north. It is located at the easternmost extreme of the Cantabric Sea, in the Bay of Biscay. It has of coastline.
With a total area of , Gipuzkoa is the smallest province of Spain. The province has 89 municipalities and a population of 720,592 inhabitants (2018), from which more than half live in the San Sebastian metropolitan area. Apart from the capital, other important cities are Irun, Errenteria, Zarautz, Mondragón, Eibar, Hondarribia, Oñati, Tolosa, Beasain and Pasaia.