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San Sebastián, officially known by the bilingual name Donostia / San Sebastián ( Basque: [doˈnos̺ti.a], Spanish: [san seβasˈtjan] ⓘ ), [ 4][ 5] is a city and municipality located in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. It lies on the coast of the Bay of Biscay, 20 km (12 miles) from the France–Spain border.
The Basque Country ( Basque: Euskal Herria; Spanish: País Vasco; French: Pays basque) is the name given to the home of the Basque people. [ 1 ] The Basque Country is located in the western Pyrenees, straddling the border between France and Spain on the coast of the Bay of Biscay .
Donostia-San Sebastian. The Beach of La Concha (Basque: Kontxa Hondartza [kontʃa ondarts̻a]; Spanish: Playa de La Concha [ˈplaʝa ðe la ˈkontʃa], "cone shell beach") is a crescent shaped urban seaboard of the city of San Sebastián located at the Bay of La Concha in the Basque Country, in northern Spain.
1682 – Consulate of the Sea established. [1] 1813. Storming of Saint Sebastian, Denis Dighton, 1813. Siege of San Sebastián. [2] 31 August: Fire destroys large part of city. [2] 1817 – Konstituzio plaza [ eu] constructed.
It has 66 kilometres (41 miles) of coast land. With a total area of 1,980 square kilometres (760 square miles), 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 Donostia-San Sebastián metropolitan area.
San Sebastián Airport. / 43.35639°N 1.79056°W / 43.35639; -1.79056. San Sebastián Airport ( IATA: EAS, ICAO: LESO) is the airport serving San Sebastián in Basque Country, Spain. Despite its name, the facilities are located in the municipality of Hondarribia, with the runway stretching like a spit of land along the river Bidasoa ...
San Sebastián de Garabandal (commonly called just Garabandal), is a rural village in the Peña Sagra mountain range of Northern Spain.Located in the autonomous community of Cantabria, about 600 meters above sea level, Garabandal is about 35 miles (55 km) from the Cantabrian capital, Santander, and roughly 250 miles (400 km) from the Spanish capital, Madrid. [1]
The City Hall, former casino built in 1887. / 43.32159; -1.98578. The City Council of San Sebastián ( Basque: Donostiako Udala, Spanish: Ayuntamiento de San Sebastián) is the institution that governs the Basque city of San Sebastián ( Spain ). Its premises are located in the former casino of the city next to the Bay of La Concha.