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Pamplona

For other uses, see Pamplona (disambiguation).
Pamplona
Iruña (Basque)
Pampeluna
Municipality
Pamplona / Iruña
Pamplona City Hall
Fueros monument
Cathedral
Plaza del Castillo
Festival of San Fermín
Flag of Pamplona
Flag
Coat of arms of Pamplona
Coat of arms
Pamplona is located in Navarre
Pamplona
Pamplona
Location of Pamplona within Navarre
Pamplona is located in Spain
Pamplona
Pamplona
Location of Pamplona within Spain
Coordinates: 42°49′N 1°39′W / 42.817°N 1.650°W / 42.817; -1.650
CountrySpain
Autonomous CommunityNavarre
ComarcaCuenca de Pamplona
Founded74 BC
Government
 • MayorJoseba Asirón (EH Bildu)
Area
 • Municipality25.14 km2 (9.71 sq mi)
Elevation
[1]
450 m (1,480 ft)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Municipality209,672
 • Density8,300/km2 (22,000/sq mi)
 • Metro
319,208
 population-ranking: 29th (municipality); 23rd (metro area)
GDP
[3]
 • Metro€18.942 billion (2020)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Patron saint
Websitewww.pamplona.es

Pamplona (Spanish: [pamˈplona] ; Basque: Iruña [iɾuɲa]),[a] historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain.

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.

  1. ^ "Municipios: Pamplona/Iruña". Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Población total Pamplona/Iruña a 2 de enero de 2020" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions". ec.europa.eu.
  4. ^ "Fiesta de San Fermín". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Cañada Palacio 1999, p. 189.
  8. ^ Núñez Astrain, Luis (2003). El euskera arcaico: extensión y parentescos. Tafalla: Editorial Txapalarta. p. 75. ISBN 84-8136-300-6.
  9. ^ Cañada Palacio 1999, p. 191.


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