Irun

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Irun
Coat of Arms
Vigilantiae Custos
Location
Coordinates : Lat 43º 20' 16.13" North Long 1º 47' 19.72" West Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2)
General information
Native name	Irun (Basque)
Spanish name	Ciudad de Irún
Founded	Feb 28 1776
Postal code	20.300-20.305
Website	http://www.irun.org/
Administration
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Basque Country
Province	Gipuzkoa (Basque) Guipúzcoa (Spanish)
Comarca	Bajo Bidasoa
Mayor	José Antonio Santano Clavero (PSE-EE)
Geography
Land Area	42,40 km²
Altitude	from 5 to 825 m AMSL
Population
Population	59.557 (2005)
Density	1404,65 hab./km² (2005)

Irun (Spanish: Irún) is a city of the Bidasoa region of the province of Guipúzcoa (Basque: Gipuzkoa) in the Basque Country Autonomous Community, Spain.

One of the biggest cities in Guipuzcoa, its border-city situation (it is located on the border between Spain and France, across the Bidasoa river from Hendaye) has made Irun a commercial and logistic centre, with important railway infrastructure, where the SNCF rails meet the broad gauge Renfe ones.

Irun is part of the conurbation of Txingudi bay with Hondarribia and Hendaye, and is also involved in the Eurocite Basque Bayonne-San Sebastián.

One of its main festivals is the Alarde, a parade recreating an episode of the Peninsula War.

[edit] External links

• Irun municipal government website
• Eurocite Basque's official page
• sanmarcial.eu site dedicated to the Alarde of San Marcial the main festivity in town.
• IRUN in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (Spanish)

Municipalities in Bidasoa-Txingudi
Hondarribia | Irun

Coordinates: 43°20′N 1°48′W