Zumaia

Zumaia (, ) is a small town in the north of Spain in the Basque Country.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Zumaia
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.official_name: Zumaia
Settlement.image_skyline: Zumaiaren_ikuspegi_orokorra.jpg
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of zumaia.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of arms of zumaia.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Gipuzkoa
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Comarca
Settlement.blank_name_sec1: Official language(s)
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain Basque Country#Spain
Settlement.pushpin_label: Zumaia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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Official website

Zumaiako Udala

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Zumaia
Demonym: zumaiar
Population: 8280
Area: 11.20
Elevation: 20
Official website: zumaia.eus
Image: Zumaia - 08.JPG
Licence plate code: SS

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Commons category: Zumaia
postal code: 20750
inception: 1347-00-00
male population: 5019
female population: 5079
P8168: Joseph E. Brown

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Etymology
History
Founding
Economic changes and development
Cuisine
Octopus
Fishing
Drying
IUGS geological heritage site
Image gallery
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Zumaia (, ) is a small town in the north of Spain in the Basque Country.

The town has two beaches (Itzurun and Santiago), which are of interest to geologists because they are situated among the longest set of continuous rock strata in the world. These formations are termed flysch and they date from the mid-cretaceous period to the present, a time period of over 100 million years. The K–T boundary is present at the Itzurun beach, and fossils can be found, notably of ammonites. The strata stretches along a distance of about 8 km, between the beaches of Deba and Getaria, with Zumaia lying in the middle.