Pamplona
Pamplona
Iruñea Pampeluna | |
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Municipality | |
| Pamplona / Iruñea | |
Pamplona City Hall Fueros monument Cathedral Plaza del Castillo Festival of San Fermín | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Pamplona Location of Pamplona within Navarre Pamplona Location of Pamplona within Spain | |
| Coordinates: 42°49′N 1°39′W / 42.817°N 1.650°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous Community | Navarre |
| Comarca | Cuenca de Pamplona |
| Founded | 74 BC |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Joseba Asirón (EH Bildu) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 25.14 km2 (9.71 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 450 m (1,480 ft) |
| Population (2024)[2] | |
• Municipality | 208,243 |
| • Density | 8,300/km2 (21,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 319,208 |
| population-ranking: 29th (municipality); 23rd (metro area) | |
| Demonym(s) | pamplonés, -a, pamplonica (Spanish) iruindar (Basque) |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | €18.942 billion (2020) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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| Website | www |
Pamplona (Spanish: [pamˈplona] ⓘ; Basque: Iruñea [i.ɾuɲea]; officially in its bilingual form: Pamplona-Iruñea),[a] 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.[2]
Lying at near 450 m (1,480 ft) above sea level,[5] the city (and the wider Cuenca de Pamplona) is located on the flood plain of the Arga river,[6] 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,[7] even if the traditional inception date refers to the foundation of Pompaelo by Pompey during the Sertorian Wars circa 75 BC.[8] During Visigothic rule Pamplona became an episcopal see, serving as a staging ground for the Christianization of the area.[9] It later became one of the capitals of the Kingdom of Pamplona/Navarre.
The city is famous worldwide for the running of the bulls during the San Fermín festival, which is held annually from 6 July to 14 July. This festival was brought to literary renown with the 1926 publication of Ernest Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises. It is also home to Osasuna, the only Navarrese football club to have ever played in the Spanish top division.
- ^ "Municipios: Pamplona/Iruña". Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Annual population census 2021-2024". INE.
- ^ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions". ec.europa.eu.
- ^ "Fiesta de San Fermín". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- ^ Cañada Palacio, Fernando (1999). "Pamplona S. XI-XII: El origen de los Burgos". El urbanismo de los estados cristianos peninsulares. Aguilar de Campoo: Centros de Estudios del Románico. p. 189. ISBN 84-89483-12-4.
- ^ Bescos, A; Camarasa, A.M. (1998). "Caracterización hidrologica del Río Arga (Navarra): El agua como recurso y como riesgo". Estudios Geográficos. 59 (232). Madrid: Editorial CSIC: 290. doi:10.3989/egeogr.1998.i232.609. hdl:10550/39751. S2CID 134630943.
- ^ Cañada Palacio 1999, p. 189.
- ^ Núñez Astrain, Luis (2003). El euskera arcaico: extensión y parentescos. Tafalla: Editorial Txapalarta. p. 75. ISBN 84-8136-300-6.
- ^ Cañada Palacio 1999, p. 191.
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