San Sebastián
Facts
40 properties- Instance of
- municipality of Spain
- Award received
- European Capital of Culture[2]
- Inception
- 1180[38]
- Official website
- www.donostia.eus, donostia.org, sansebastian.org[40][41][42]
- Part of
- Wikidata item, Wikidata item[32][33]
- Coordinate location
- 🗺️ 43.320°, -1.980°
- Capital of
- Donostialdea, Gipuzkoa
- Area
- +60.89
- Coat of arms
- Escudo de San Sebastián[30]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity
- Donostia-San Sebastián metropolitan area[20]
- Demonym
- donostiar, easonense, donostiarra, donostiarra
- Described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Different from
- San Sebastián
- Elevation above sea level
- +6
- Female population
- +99109
- Head of government
- Juan Karlos Izagirre, Eneko Goia Laso, Odón Elorza González, Xabier Albistur Marín, Jon Insausti[7]
- History of topic
- timeline of San Sebastián
- Licence plate code
- SS[34]
- Located in or next to body of water
- Cantabrian Sea, Urumea River[5][6]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity
- Donostialdea[3]
- Male population
- +88306
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- Motto text
- Fidelidad, nobleza y lealtad
- Named after
- Saint Sebastian[19]
- Native label
- Donostia, San Sebastián
- Nickname
- kaskarinak, ñoñostiarrak
- Number of viewers/listeners
- +2004369
- Office held by head of government
- mayor of Donostia-San Sebastián
- Official name
- Donostia, San Sebastián
- Owner of
- Atotxa Stadium, Atano III fronton, Gros fronton
- P14586
- 91046
- Postal code
- 20001–20018[31]
- Shares border with
- Astigarraga, Errenteria, Lasarte-Oria, Orio, Pasaia, Usurbil, Andoain, Hernani, Zizurkil, Arano[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
- Significant event
- Siege of San Sebastián[39]
- Social media followers
- 19k (18k–19k, n=3)
- Twinned administrative body
- Daira of Bojador, Marugame, Wiesbaden, Batumi, Plymouth, Trento, Reno, Ramallah, Esmeraldas[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]
- Website account on
- Livestream[37]
- VIAF cluster ID
- 173311465
- Library of Congress authority ID
- n80038182
- GND ID
- 4051530-8
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Donostia Igeldotik.jpg ↗
- ArchINFORM location ID
- 1697
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 12400546t
- Canadiana Name Authority ID
- ncf12005445
- Dewey Decimal Classification
- 2--4661
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- place/Donostia-San-Sebastian
- FAST ID
- 1208184
- Facebook location ID
- 110201509003204
- Facebook username
- 129288810450590
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- FactGrid item ID
- Ludwig von Mises
- Freebase ID
- /m/02l6l8
- GeoNames ID
- 6358157
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
- 7322461
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
- sant-sebastia-26
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
- 0060742
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
- San_Sebastián
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
- san-sebast-ian-edb07b
- Grove Art Online ID
- T075795
- Harper's tag
- san-sebastian
- INE code
- 20069
- INSPIRE ID
- ES.IGN.BDDAE.34162020069
- Interlingual Index ID
- i84097
- Joconde location ID
- T84-4110
- Lex ID
- San_Sebastián
- Museum-digital place ID
- 1422
- MusicBrainz area ID
- a3ed30dc-6e11-4813-b63c-c7220ffa7d88
- National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
- geo/FB1DC673-3AF6-4C20-924B-896CD5B0EA13
- National Library of Ireland ID
- vtls001142517
- National Library of Israel J9U ID
- 987007564226905171
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
- XX451375
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
- 902320
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
- 3971906
- OpenStreetMap node ID
- 3230345391
- OpenStreetMap relation ID
- 346465
- PACTOLS thesaurus ID
- pcrtPeG4e4DEeZ
- Quora topic ID
- Donostia-–-San-Sebastián-Spain
- RKD thesaurus ID
- 7105
- SBN place ID
- BASL000002
- SNARC ID
- Karl Emil Franzos
- SVKKL authority ID
- 0403795-San-Sebastian-spanelsko
- Topic's main category
- Category:San Sebastián
- U.S. National Archives Identifier
- 10045157
- Vikidia article ID
- fr:Saint-Sébastien
- Wellcome Collection concept ID
- wvcgzquz
- Who's on First ID
- 101748377
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
- 09049281-n
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PCjwqk4mb3krDrXRrFQD3Xq
- YSO ID
- 206020
- Yale LUX ID
- place/a2e4123a-7c20-4c83-a328-cc4a3b905e4a
- YouTube channel ID
- UCR3gY8dxEdj9utVlGSxpKlA
- YouTube handle
- donostiasansebastian
People born here 381
People who died here 128
Contained subdivisions 94
← Destination point 55
← Start point 48
← Work location 45
Located in this place 43
← Headquarters location 42
Residents 17
← Place of publication 13
← Filming location 11
Shares border with 10
← Shares border with 10
← Location of formation 9
← Twinned administrative body 9
Twinned administrative body 8
← Narrative location 8
← Category combines topics 4
Described by source 3
Head of government 3
Owned entities 3
Capital of 2
Located in or next to body of water 2
Named after 2
Owner of 2
← Capital 2
← Connects with 2
← Terminus location 2
Award received 1
Category for people born here 1
Category for people who died here 1
Category of associated people 1
Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Continent 1
Country 1
Different from 1
FactGrid item ID 1
Instance of 1
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Named after 1
SNARC ID 1
Significant event 1
Topic's main category 1
Website account on 1
← Applies to jurisdiction 1
← Capital of 1
← Category's main topic 1
← Field of work 1
← Has works in the collection 1
← Operating area 1
← Place of burial 1
← Place served by transport hub 1
← Primary destinations 1
← Published in 1
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Summary
San Sebastián is a municipality of Spain[1].
Body
Cultural Significance
Things named for San Sebastián include San Sebastián Airport[57], an airport[58], in Spain[59], founded in 1955[60] and Amara-Donostia train station[61], a railway station[62], in Spain[63].
Why It Matters
Entities named for it include San Sebastián Airport[57], an airport[58], in Spain[59], founded in 1955[60] and Amara-Donostia train station[61], a railway station[62], in Spain[63].
FAQs
What awards did San Sebastián receive?
Honors received include European Capital of Culture[2].
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evidence “In 1987, after failing to find a job as an electrician, Santiago Rivera started working as a bartender at his parents’ unassuming pintxo bar La Viña, in San Sebastián, Spain.” sandiegomagazine.com · read source
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evidence “Up in the Basque Country in northern Spain, San Sebastián (known as Donostia in Basque) is known for its culinary culture and breathtaking beaches, channelling a similar vibe to Barcelona, but in a quieter fashion.” metro.co.uk · read source