Pamplona
Sign in to savePamplona (; Basque: Iruña ; officially in its bilingual form: Pamplona-Iruña), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre in Spain. As of 2024, with a population of 208,243, it is the 29th largest city in Spain.
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Pamplona is the capital city of Navarre, an autonomous community in Spain, with a population of about 208,000 people making it the 29th largest city in the country. The city is known by names in multiple languages, including Iruña in Basque, reflecting the region's cultural diversity.
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27 sectionsContents
- History
- Foundation and Roman times
- Early Middle Ages
- Three boroughs and one city
- A fortress-city
- Industrialization and modernization
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Urbanism
- Economy
- Education
- Culture
- Politics
- Transport
- Main sights
- Religious architecture
- Military and civil architecture
- Parks
- Sports
- Notable Athletes
- Notable people
- Twin towns - sister cities
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Pamplona (; Basque: Iruña ; officially in its bilingual form: Pamplona-Iruña), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre in Spain. As of 2024, with a population of 208,243, it is the 29th largest city in Spain.
Lying at near above sea level, the city (and the wider Cuenca de Pamplona) is located on the flood plain of the Arga river, a second-order tributary of the Ebro. Precipitation-wise, it is located in a transitional location between the rainy Atlantic northern façade of the Iberian Peninsula and its drier inland. Early population in the settlement traces back to the late Bronze to early Iron Age, even if the traditional inception date refers to the foundation of by Pompey during the Sertorian Wars circa 75 BC. During Visigothic rule Pamplona became an episcopal see, serving as a staging ground for the Christianization of the area. It later became one of the capitals of the Kingdom of Pamplona/Navarre.