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{{Short description|City and municipality in Asturias, Spain}}
{{distinguish|Dijon}}
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| name                     = Gijón
| settlement_type          = [[Municipalities of Spain|Municipality]]
| official_name            = Gijón / Xixón<ref>{{Smallcaps|Consejería de Cultura, Comunicación Social y Turismo}}: {{Cite journal|issn=1579-7252|date=3 October 2006|journal=Boletín Oficial del Principado de Asturias|issue=229|url=http://www.asturias.es/bopa/2006/10/03/20061003.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813023317/http://www.asturias.es/bopa/2006/10/03/20061003.pdf |archive-date=2011-08-13 |url-status=live|title=Decreto 105/2006, de 20 de septiembre, por el que se determinan los topónimos oficiales del concejo de Gijón}}</ref>
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| established_date         = 5th century BC (Noega, the first settlement on record)
| population_as_of         = 2019 <!-- {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} Must be updated to 2019 -->
| population_footnotes     = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
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| population_demonyms      = ''gijonés'', ''-esa'' ([[Spanish language|es]]) <br>''xixonés'', ''-esa'' ([[Asturian language|ast]])
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| postal_code              = 33201–33212
| area_code_type           = [[Telephone numbers in Spain|Dialing code]]
| area_code                = 
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = [[Carmen Moriyón]]
| leader_party             = [[Asturias Forum|Foro]]
| website                  = {{official website|http://www.gijon.es}}
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'''Gijón''' ({{IPA|es|xiˈxon|lang|Pronunciation of Gijón in Spanish.ogg}}) or '''{{lang|ast|Xixón|italics=no}}''' ({{IPA-ast|ʃiˈʃoŋ|lang}}) is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and [[Municipalities of Spain|municipality]] by population in the [[autonomous communities of Spain|autonomous community]] of [[Asturias]]. It is located on the coast of the [[Cantabrian Sea]] in the [[Bay of Biscay]], in the central-northern part of Asturias; it is approximately {{convert|24|km|0|abbr=on}} north-east of [[Oviedo]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://esdistancia.com/route/oviedo/gijon|title=Distancia de Oviedo a Gijón en coche|website=esdistancia.com|language=es|access-date=2018-12-18}}</ref> the capital of Asturias, and {{convert|26|km|abbr=on}} from [[Avilés]]. With a population of 273,744 as of 2023,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Villar |first=Iván |date=2023-12-30 |title=Gijón ganó población en 2023 por el aumento de extranjeros, que ya superan los 21.500 habitantes |url=https://www.elcomercio.es/gijon/gijon-gano-poblacion-2023-aumento-extranjeros-superan-20231230005913-nt.html |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=El Comercio: Diario de Asturias |language=es}}</ref> Gijón is the [[Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities|15th largest city]] in Spain.

Gijón forms part of a large metropolitan area that includes twenty councils in the center of the region, structured with a dense network of roads, highways and railways and with a population of 835,053 inhabitants in 2011, making it the seventh largest in Spain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fomento.gob.es/MFOM.CP.Web/handlers/pdfhandler.ashx?idpub=BAW013|title=Información estadística de las grandes áreas urbanas españolas|date=2012|website=Ministerio de fomento, ed.}}</ref>

During the 20th century, Gijón developed as an industrial city in the steel and naval industries. However, due to the decline in manufacturing in these industries, in recent years Gijón is undergoing a transformation into an important tourist, university, commercial and R&D center. Gijón is the location of the [[Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias]], the neighbourhood of [[Cimavilla]], the [[Universidad Laboral de Gijón]], the Revillagigedo Palace, and the adjoining Collegiate Church of San Juan Bautista.

Gijón is part of the statistical (not yet developed from an administrative standpoint) [[Comarcas of Spain|''comarca'']] of [[Gijón (comarca)|Gijón]].

==Etymology==
{{unreferenced section|date=November 2017}}
One theory based on some early medieval texts mention it as "Gigia", derived from the identical Greek and Latin term "gigias", meaning "giant", both of which refer to the Greek mythological giant [[Giants (Greek mythology)|Gigas]]. The medieval "Gigia" name, in turn, more specifically would refer to the ancient Roman wall built on the peninsula of the [[Cimavilla]] neighbourhood of Gijón. This wall was called the "Gegionem" by the Romans, and is itself a compound Latin term being either "geg-ionem", meaning "giant-ness/gigantic", "gegi-onem", meaning "concrete giant", or "gegio-nem" meaning "giant end". Presumably the use of the term meaning "giant" referred to either the pre-Germanic Astur peoples who inhabited the area being of large physical stature, or simply the largeness of the wall itself.

The name of the city might also come from the hypothetical Roman actual name of the place "Sessio" which may have turned into the word "Xixón" as the centuries went by. Then the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] word "Gijón", which has been also written during the Middle age as "Jijón" or even "Jixón", would be a Castilianization of the [[Asturian language|Asturian]] name. This theory is nowadays known as the most acceptable.

== History ==
{{see also|Timeline of Gijón}}

===Prehistory and Romanization===
[[File:Campa Torres, casa romana, 01.jpg|thumb|View of the archaeological site of {{ill|Campa Torres|es}}]]
The first evidence of human presence in what is known nowadays as the municipality of Gijón is located on Monte Deva, where there exists a series of [[tumuli]], and on Monte Areo, where there are some neolithic dolmens. These dolmens were discovered in 1990 and were supposedly built around 5000 BC.<ref>Ayuntamiento de Gijón (ed.). "[https://www.gijon.info/page/6443-dolmenes-del-monte-areo Dólmenes del Monte Areo]". Consultado el 28 de enero de 2016.</ref>

The first noticed settlement (Noega) is located in Campa Torres. It has its origin between the 6th and 5th centuries BC. It was populated by [[Astures]] (''Cilúrnigos'') and later Romanized. Noega was progressively abandoned when the Roman wall in the peninsula of [[Cimavilla]], called the ''Gegionem'', was built.

===Middle Ages and modern era===
[[File:GijonsigloXVII.jpg|thumb|View of Gijón {{circa|1630}}]]
[[File:Plano de Gijón, 1910.jpg|thumb|Map of Gijón in 1910]]
The invasions of barbarian tribes in the 5th and 6th centuries left no traces. The region submitted to the power of the [[Visigoths|Visigoth]] king [[Sisebut]] in the 7th century. This period marks the beginnings of Christianization, one of the first Christian worshipping places being the Roman villa of Veranes.

Gijón was capital of the Muslim territories on the [[Cantabric Sea]], under the power of [[Munuza]], for a short period between 713 and 718 or 722. In 722 the Asturians won the [[Battle of Covadonga]] which is regarded as the beginning of the [[Reconquista]]. The Asturian forces were led by [[Pelagius of Asturias|Pelagius]], who would become the first king of the [[Kingdom of Asturias]].

Until 1270 there were no reliable references to Gijón as a settlement, with only short mentions in some documents. In this year, [[Alfonso X of Castile]] gave it the status of ''puebla''. This documentation appears in the [[Monastery of San Vicente de Oviedo]].

In the 14th century, the war between [[Alfonso Enríquez, Count of Gijón and Noreña]] and [[Henry III of Castile]] ended when the village of Gijón was burned and totally destroyed, practically disappearing. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Gijón reemerged. A new dock was built in the port adding fishing and commerce to the area. In the 17th and 18th centuries Gijón began to develop rapidly, growing out of the old city center, supported by the commercial links between the port of Gijón and the American colonies. In the 18th century, due to the French invasions, the wars and the financial trouble in the era, the development stopped until late in the century, when the Oviedo-Gijón road was created and the port was recognized as the best one in Asturias, favoring the start of industrial activities in the town.

===Contemporary history===
[[File:Puerto Gijón.jpg|thumb|Engraving depicting the port published in 1884]]
The 19th century brought with it great development, with the commerce of coal, the Gijón–[[León, Spain|León]] road and later the [[Langreo]]–Gijón railway. All this contributed to the quick expansion of the port, since the intensity of the traffic overflowed the port. A new port, [[El Musel]], was built in 1893 and it was the first coal port of the peninsula.

Gijón was going through a conversion to an industrial town with a new bourgeois and an urban development, opening new streets and squares, with new municipal equipments like water, garbage collection, lighting, and so on. All this industrial development brought new manpower to the city and the creation of new neighborhoods like Natahoyo, La Calzada, [[Tremañes]] or El Humedal.

In the 20th century, with the [[Spanish Civil War]], the city supported the [[Republican faction (Spanish Civil War)|Republican faction]]. The army was located in El Coto. The resistance was eliminated in August 1936. Later, the village was the capital of the [[Sovereign Council of Asturias and León]] until 20 October 1937, when the troops of General [[Francisco Franco]] occupied the city.

Iron manufacture was the main industry of Gijón from the last years of the 19th century until the last decades of the 20th. Uninsa was created in 1971, and it merged with Ensidesa. In the last years of the century was converted in [[Aceralia]], and integrated in [[Arcelor]], along with the Luxembourg-based [[ARBED|Arbed]] and the French company [[Usinor]].<!--[[File:Elogio chillida gijon.jpg|thumb|left|The ''Eulogy to the Horizon'' of [[Eduardo Chillida]], one of the most known symbols of Gijón.]]--> The last decades of the century brought an industrial crisis affecting mainly iron manufacture and local shipbuilding. This brought new terrain for the creation of new beaches, parks and neighborhoods. It was also created a campus of the [[University of Oviedo]].

== Geography ==
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=== Location ===
The city is situated on the coast of central Asturias, from sea level to an altitude of {{convert|513|m|abbr=on}} at ''Picu Samartín'' and {{convert|672|m|abbr=on}} at [[Peña de los Cuatro Jueces]], bordered on the West by [[Carreño]], the East by [[Villaviciosa, Asturias|Villaviciosa]], and to the South by [[Siero]] and [[Llanera, Asturias|Llanera]].

The city is situated along the Asturian coast and is distinguished by the peninsula of [[Cimavilla]] (the original settlement) which separates the beach of San Lorenzo and adjacent neighborhoods to the east from the beaches of Poniente and Arbeyal, the shipyards, and the recreational port and the Port of [[El Musel]] to the west. It is close to the other main Asturian cities, [[Oviedo]] and [[Avilés]].

=== Climate ===
Gijón has a temperate [[oceanic climate]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=41080&cityname=Gijon%2C+Principado+de+Asturias%2C+Spain&units=|title=Gijon, Spain Climate Summary|publisher=Weatherbase|access-date=22 July 2015}}</ref> ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Cfb'') typical of the Atlantic coast of Spain, with cool summers and wet and mostly mild winters. The onshore flow from the Atlantic Ocean creates a cool summer and mild winter climate where severe heat and very cold temperatures are rare. The narrow temperature range is demonstrated by the record August temperature being only 6.4&nbsp;°C warmer than the all-time record January temperature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aemet.es/en/serviciosclimaticos/datosclimatologicos/efemerides_extremos*?w=0&k=ast&l=1208&datos=det&x=1208&m=13&v=TMX|title=Extreme values for Gijón|publisher=Aemet.es|access-date=22 July 2015}}</ref> The climate is wet and cloudy by Spanish standards, but is indeed drier than other locations on the Atlantic in the country. Humidity is high year-round.

Summer temperatures are very consistent as proven by the fact that the all-time warmest month of August 1997 had an average temperature of {{convert|20.9|C|F}} and no month has ever been recorded at an average high above {{convert|24.7|C|F}} in comparison to the {{convert|23.2|C|F}} August normal high.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aemet.es/en/serviciosclimaticos/datosclimatologicos/efemerides_extremos*?w=0&k=ast&l=1208&datos=det&x=1208&m=8&v=TMMA|title=Extreme Values: Gijón|publisher=Aemet.es|access-date=22 July 2015}}</ref> Another clear underlining of the marine influence is that the coolest ever August has been as near the average as {{convert|17.9|C|F}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aemet.es/en/serviciosclimaticos/datosclimatologicos/efemerides_extremos*?w=0&k=ast&l=1208&datos=det&x=1208&m=13&v=TMMA|title=Extreme values: Gijón|publisher=Aemet.es|access-date=22 July 2015}}</ref>

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|Sep precipitation mm = 49.1
|Oct precipitation mm = 88.8
|Nov precipitation mm = 131.5
|Dec precipitation mm = 100.9
|year precipitation mm = 944.9
|source 1 = Météo Climat<ref name="Méteo Climat">{{cite web |url=http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/relevmois-557-12-2016.php |title=Météo climat stats - Gijón |access-date= 7 February 2017}}</ref>
|date=February 2017
}}

== Districts ==
Gijón is divided in six districts:<ref>[http://distritos.gijon.es/page/8574-consejos-de-distrito Consejos de Distrito Gijón City Hall website]</ref> Center, East, South, West, El Llano and Rural. In this last one, all the [[Peri-urbanisation|peri-urban]] zone and the [[Parish (administrative division)|rural parishes]] are integrated.

===Neighborhoods and parishes===
[[File:Parroquies de Xixón numberaes.png|thumb|Gijón parishes]]
<!--[[File:Playa san lorenzo desembocadura piles.JPG|thumb|San Lorenzo beach]]
[[File:024 Plaza del Marqués (Gijón), amb el Palacio de Revillagigedo i la Fuente de Pelayo edited.jpg|thumb|Revillagigedo Palace and [[Pelagius of Asturias|King Pelagius]] statue]]
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{|
|-
|valign="top" style="width:50%" |
;Center district:
* Centro
* [[Cimavilla]]
* Laviada
;Eastern district:
* L'Arena
* El Bibio
* Ceares / Ciares
* El Coto
* Les Mestes
* Viesques
;El Llano district:
* El Llano
;South district:
* Contrueces
* Montevil
* Nuevo Gijón / La Peral
* Perchera-La Braña
* El Polígono
* Pumarín
* [[Roces (Gijón)|Roces]] (22)
* Santa Bárbara
;Western district:
* La Calzada
* [[Jove, Gijón|Jove / Xove]] (6)
* [[Tremañes]] (21)
* El Natahoyo
* Moreda
|valign="top" style="width:50%" |
;Rural district:
* [[L'Abadía Cenero]] (19)
* [[Cabueñes]] (9)
* [[Caldones]] (11)
* [[Castiello Bernueces]] (24)
* [[Deva (Gijón)|Deva]] (10)
* [[Fano (Gijón)|Fano]] (13)
* [[Fresno (Gijón)|Fresno]] (3)
* [[Granda (Gijón)|Granda]] (23)
* [[La Pedrera (Gijón)|La Pedrera]] (17)
* [[Llavandera]] (14)
* [[Leorio/Llorio|Leorio / Llorio]] (16)
* [[Puao]] (4)
* [[Porceyo]] (20)
* [[Ruedes]] (18)
* [[Samartín de Güerces]] (15)
* [[San Andrés de los Tacones]] (2)
* [[Santurio]] (26)
* [[Serín]] (1)
* [[Somió]] (8)
* [[Valdornón]] (12)
* [[Vega (Gijón)|Vega]] (25)
* [[Veriña]] (5)
|}

== Demography ==
[[File:131 Plazoleta de la Colegiata (Cimavilla, Gijón), a l'esquerra la Casa de los Nava.jpg|thumb|right|Cimavilla Old Town]]
[[File:166 Casa Jove-Labandera, Museo Casa Natal de Jovellanos, pl. Jovellanos 2 (Cimavilla, Gijón).jpg|thumb|right|[[Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos|Jovellanos]] birth house]]
[[File:Playa san lorenzo desembocadura piles.JPG|thumb|right|San Lorenzo bay]]
According to the 2021 Municipal Population Register (INE), the council had 268,896 inhabitants, of which 142,411 are women and 126,485 are men.<ref>{{cite web |title=Asturias: Población por municipios y sexo. |url=https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Datos.htm?t=2886 |website=ine.es |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística |access-date=16 November 2022 |language=es}}</ref>

The municipal population grew remarkably throughout the 20th century, especially between the 1960s and 1980s, a period in which it doubled. Starting in the 1990s, growth stagnated, reflecting the similar slowdown at the national level of Spain. However, due to immigration, both from other Asturias councils and from abroad, the population started to increase again at the turn of the 21st century.

== Culture ==
[[File:024 Plaza del Marqués (Gijón), amb el Palacio de Revillagigedo i la Fuente de Pelayo edited.jpg|thumb|Revillagigedo barroque Palace]]
[[File:Universidad Laboral gijon (cropped).jpg|thumb|Old Universidad Laboral, today ''LABoral Ciudad de la Cultura'', biggest building in Spain]]
Cultural activities are carried out throughout the year, which increase considerably in the summer months, especially in August due to the Feast of the Assumption, with parties, music and theater. This complements the continuous programming of the Teatro Municipal Jovellanos (Jovellanos Municipal Theater). The various festivities carried out in Gijón include:

* The Iberoamerican Book Fair, in May
* The [[Semana Negra]] in July
* The Feria Internacional de Muestras de Asturias
* The [[Gijón International Film Festival]]
* The Semana Mágica Festival, in December.

The [[Universidad Laboral de Gijón]], completed in 1955, contains the [[LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial]] (Laboral Center of Art and Industrial Creation). The center was inaugurated on March 30, 2007 as an interdisciplinary space to promote artistic exchange and foster the relationship between society, art, science, technology and the creative industries.

In recent years, Gijón has become a stop city for the [[Cirque du Soleil]]. The performances of the Cirque du Soleil have been very successful in the city. In July 2004, Saltimbanco arrived and in the summer of 2007, they presented Alegría in Gijón, the first time that this tour stopped in northern Spain. During the summer of 2009, Cirque du Soleil returned to Gijón with the Varekai show.

Gijón is the birth place of several notable people, like [[Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos]], statesman, author, philosopher and a major figure of the Age of [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]].

=== Film ===
[[José Luis Garci]] filmed most of the footage from the film ''[[Begin the Beguine (film)|Volver a empezar]]'' in the city during the early 1980s. The film would later win an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. In the early 1990s there was a boom in indie music bands in the town, which became known as the "Xixón Sound". The comedy [[Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure]] was also filmed in part in the City of Culture of Gijón. In 2009, the Laboral and its surroundings were converted to the University of Oxford for Fernando González Molina's film, [[Brain Drain (film)|Brain Drain]].

Amalia Ulman’s 2021 film “El Planeta” was shot in and discusses Gijon.

=== Museums and art galleries ===
* [[Museum of the Asturian People]]
* [[Gijón Railway Museum|Railway museum of Asturias]]
* [[Nicanor Piñole museum]]
* [[Roman Terms museum of Campo Valdés]]
* [[Juan Barjola Museum of Painting|Juan Barjola Museum]] (A museum about a local painter, also interested in [[avant-garde]] art)
* [[Evaristo Valle museum]] (Local painter museum placed in a mansion at the outskirts)
* [[International Bagpipe Museum]] contains [[bagpipe]]s from around the world, focusing on the [[Asturian language|Asturian]] musical heritage and bagpipes.
* [[Atlantic botanical garden]]
* Archaeological park [[Campa Torres]].
* Revillagigedo Palace and museum (At Marqués square, near the City Hall)
* [[Gijón Aquarium]]
* [[Roman Town of Veranes]]
* [[LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial]] (An exhibition center for contemporary art, science, technology and advanced visual industries)

===Universities===
There are two campuses located in Gijón, one of the [[University of Oviedo]] and other of the [[National University of Distance Education]].

====University of Oviedo====
[[File:Fotodelcampus.JPG|thumb|right|View of the campus of the Gijón Polytechnic School of Engineering]]
* [[Gijón Polytechnic School of Engineering]].
Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computers and Systems Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Telecommunication Engineering.
* School of Civil Navy.
* Faculty of Commerce, Tourism and Social Sciences "Jovellanos".
Public Administration and Management, Trade and Marketing, Tourism and Social work.

====National University of Distance Education (UNED)====
Gijón also has a delegation of the [[National University of Distance Education|UNED]], where different disciplines can be studied by distance.

== Sports ==
{{See also|Category:Sport in Gijón}}
[[File:Bomberos. Festival Aéreo Internacional De Gijón. Gijón 2016. (28264061240).jpg|thumb|right|Air Summer Festival in San Lorenzo Beach]]
[[File:Estadio El Molinón Enrique Castro Quini.jpg|thumb|[[Estadio El Molinón]].]]
In team sports, Gijón's professional [[Association football|football]] team, [[Sporting de Gijón]], currently plays in the Spanish [[Segunda División|second division]]. [[CP Gijón Solimar]] is one of the most important women's [[roller hockey (quad)|roller hockey]] teams in Europe as it is five times champion of the [[CERH Women's European Cup|European Cup]].

[[Círculo Gijón]] is the main [[basketball]] team of the city, and plays in Spanish basketball [[LEB Plata|third tier]]. [[Gijón Baloncesto]], folded in 2009, was the most important team of this sport in Gijón, and played four seasons in the [[Liga ACB]], the most important national league in Europe. A women's basketball club, [[CD Basket Mar]], existed in Gijón between 1997 and 2018.

[[CSI Gijón]] is Spain's official [[show jumping]] [[horse show]] which is held annually in [[Las Mestas Sports Complex|Gijón's equestrian facility]].
  
There is also a private [[sports club]] in Gijón with more than 33,000 members, [[Real Grupo de Cultura Covadonga]], the biggest club in Asturias. Its [[Real Grupo de Cultura Covadonga (handball)|handball section]] plays in the third division, where also plays [[AB Gijón Jovellanos]], and its women's volleyball team plays also in the Spanish second league.

Not far from Gijón, there are several [[ski resorts]] in [[Asturias]], the main being [[Valgrande-Pajares]].

The city's [[marina]] houses an important fleet of yachts and is the base for many [[water sports]], being [[Royal Astur Yacht Club]] the most important [[yacht club]] in town.

In 2022, the city will host an [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP tennis]] tournament for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-22 |title=ATP: Gijón alcanza su sueño y organizará un torneo ATP {{!}} El Comercio (in Spanish) |url=https://www.elcomercio.es/deportes/tenis/gijon-alcanza-sueno-torneo-atp-20220722002156-ntvo.html |access-date=2022-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722032457/https://www.elcomercio.es/deportes/tenis/gijon-alcanza-sueno-torneo-atp-20220722002156-ntvo.html |archive-date=2022-07-22 }}</ref>

===Sports venues ===
The biggest sport centers in Gijón are [[Estadio El Molinón]], with 30,000 seats, [[Plaza de Toros de El Bibio]] with 12,000 and [[Palacio de Deportes de Gijón|Palacio de Deportes]] with 5,000 seats. Games were played in town during the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]].

The city has in total 13 public sport centers (in Spanish: ''Centros Municipales Integrados'') with swimming pools, gyms and [[saunas]]. Swimming pools are free for children up to age 14.

== Economy ==
For much of the 20th century the town was heavily dependent on mature heavy industries, but at the end of the [[Francoism]], [[tertiary sector]] employment began to expand rapidly along with the city's population which by 2007 stood officially at 277,897 for Gijón proper, and approximately 380,000 for the total Gijón agglomeration.

The port is at the center of many of the local businesses. Apart from directly port related activities, the economy is based on tourism, steel ([[Arcelor]]), other metallurgy, livestock rearing and fisheries.

==Transport==
===Airports===
Gijón is served by [[Asturias Airport]], about {{convert|38|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} from the center of the city; it is located in the municipality of Castrillón. The airport is connected to the city by the A-8 motorway, the N-632 national highway and scheduled bus service ([[ALSA (bus company)|Alsa]]).

===Seaport===
{{Main|El Musel}}
[[File:Puerto de Gijón.jpg|thumb|The port of El Musel, to the west of the city, as seen from Campa Torres.]]
The service offered by LD Lines has been canceled in Gijón. The closest Ferry services are now in [[Santander, Cantabria|Santander]] and [[Bilbao]]. However, Gijón still has a good freight service by [[El Musel]]

===Public transport===
Gijón currently has 18 bus lines<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bus.gijon.es/page/146-lineas-y-servicios|title=Líneas y Servicios en Bus Gijón|date=2020-04-03|website=Bus Gijón}}</ref> and four more {{lang|es|Búho}} (owl) lines. The [[Night service (public transport)|owl services]] work on Friday and Saturday nights, and daily in the months of July and August.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bus.gijon.es/page/153-lineas-buho|title=Línes búho del Bus Gijón|date=2020-04-03|website=Bus Gijón}}</ref>

===Railway===
The city is served by the [[Gijón Railway Station]].

===Roads and highways===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Type !! Name !! Alternate name !! Itinerary
|-
| rowspan=7| [[Highways in Spain|Highway]] || {{jct|country=ESP|A|A-8}} || Autovía del Cantábrico || Baamonde – ''Gijón'' – [[Llanes]] – [[Torrelavega]] – Solares – [[Bilbao]] – [[San Sebastián]]
|-
| {{jct|country=ESP|A|A-66}} || Autovía Ruta de la Plata || ''Gijón'' – [[Oviedo]] – [[Mieres]] – [[León, Spain|León]] – [[Benavente, Zamora|Benavente]] – [[Zamora, Spain|Zamora]] – [[Salamanca]] – [[Béjar]] – [[Plasencia (Cáceres)|Plasencia]] – [[Mérida, Spain|Mérida]] – [[Almendralejo]] – [[Sevilla]]
|-
| {{jct|country=ESP|A|AS-I}} || Autovía Minera || ''Gijón'' – [[Pola de Siero]] – [[Langreo]] – [[Mieres]]
|-
| {{jct|country=ESP|A|AS-II}} || Autovía Industrial || ''Gijón'' – [[Llanera, Spain|Lugo de Llanera]] – [[Oviedo]]
|-
| GJ-10 || Interior [[ring road]] || Gijón seaport ([[El Musel]])  – Pumarín – El Llano
|-
| GJ-20 || Western [[ring road]] || GJ-81 (Autopista Acceso Sur a Gijón) – [[Tremañes]] – Gijón seaport ([[El Musel]])
|-
| {{jct|country=ESP|A|GJ-81}} || South access road || (A-8/A-66) – Plaza del Humedal
|-
| rowspan=3|[[List of national roads in Spain|National road]] || {{jct|country=ESP|N|630}} || || ''Gijón'' – [[Oviedo]] – [[Mieres]] – Puerto de Pajares – [[León, Spain|León]] – [[Zamora, Spain|Zamora]] – [[Salamanca]] – [[Plasencia (Cáceres)|Plasencia]] – [[Mérida, Spain|Mérida]] – [[Almendralejo]] – [[Sevilla]]
|-
| {{jct|country=ESP|N|632}} || || [[Cenero]] – [[Cudillero]] – [[Muros del Nalón]] – [[Soto del Barco]] – [[Avilés]] – ''Gijón'' – [[Villaviciosa, Asturias|Villaviciosa]] – [[Colunga]] – [[Caravia]] – [[Ribadesella]]
|-
| N-641 || El Musel access Road|| ''Gijón'' – La Calzada – Gijón seaport ([[El Musel]]) .
|-
|rowspan=6|Regional and local roads || AS-19 || Gijón-Avilés Road || ''Gijón'' – El Empalme – [[Prendes]] – [[Tabaza]] – [[Avilés]]
|-
| AS-246 || Carbonera Road || ''Gijón'' – Alto de la Madera – [[Noreña]] – [[La Carrera (Siero)|El Berrón]] – La Gargantada – [[Langreo]]
|-
| AS-247 || Piles to Infanzón Road || ''Gijón'' – [[Somió]] – Alto del Infanzón
|-
| AS-248 || Gijón-Siero Road || ''Gijón'' – [[Vega de Poja]] – [[Pola de Siero]]
|-
| AS-266 || Oviedo-Gijón Road || [[Oviedo]] – [[Lugones (Siero)|Lugones]] – Pruvia – [[Porceyo]] – ''Gijón''
|-
| AS-19a || Gijón-Avilés Road || Puenteseco – Muniello
|-
|}

==Government==
[[File:Gijón 09 28 43 244000.jpeg|thumb|right|Town hall in Plaza Mayor]]
[[File:Carmen Moriyón.jpg|thumb|right|Carmen Moriyón, current mayor]]
[[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|PSOE]] governed the city from 1979 to 2011, the longest continuous period since [[Spanish transition to democracy|Spain's transition to democracy]].

[[Carmen Moriyón]], the current mayor, was elected mayor on 17 June 2023 and she is a member of [[Asturian Forum]].

===Councillors distribution in local elections===
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! colspan="3" |Councilors for Gijón since 1979
|-
| colspan="3" | {{hidden begin|title=''Key to parties''|contentstyle=font-size:95%; border:solid 1px silver; padding:8px; background:white;}}
{{colbegin|colwidth=12.5em}}
{{legend|{{party color|Xixón Sí Puede}}|{{Tooltip|XSP|Xixón Sí Puede}}|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Podemos Asturias}}|[[Podemos Asturias|Podemos]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Communist Party of Asturias}}|[[Communist Party of Asturias|PCA–PCE]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}|[[United Left of Asturias|IU–IX]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}|[[Asturian Socialist Federation|PSOE]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Gijonese Unity}}|{{Tooltip|UGJ|Gijonese Unity}}|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}}|[[Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)|UCD]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}|[[Citizens (Spanish political party)|Cs]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}|[[Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Democratic Coalition (Spain)}}|[[Democratic Coalition (Spain)|CD]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Asturias Forum}}|[[Asturias Forum|FAC]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}|[[People's Party of Asturias|PP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|People's Coalition (Spain)}}|[[People's Coalition (Spain)|CP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|People's Alliance (Spain)}}|[[People's Alliance (Spain)|AP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Vox (political party)}}|[[Vox (political party)|Vox]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{colend}}
{{hidden end}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Election
! Distribution
!Mayor
|-
| align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 1979 Spanish local elections (Asturias)#Gijón|1979]]
|
{| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of Asturias}}; width:14.81%; color:white;"| 4
| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:48.14%; color:white;"| 13
| style="background:{{party color|Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}}; width:33.33%; color:white;"| 9
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Coalition (Spain)}}; width:3.7%; color:white;"| 1
|}
|José Manuel Palacio ([[Asturian Socialist Federation|PSOE]])
|-
| align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 1983 Spanish local elections (Asturias)#Gijón|1983]]
|
{| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of Asturias}}; width:11.11%; color:white;"| 3
| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:62.96%; color:white;"| 17
| style="background:{{party color|People's Coalition (Spain)}}; width:25.93%; color:white;"| 7
|}
| rowspan="4" |[[Vicente Álvarez Areces]] ([[Asturian Socialist Federation|PSOE]])
|-
| align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 1987 Spanish local elections (Asturias)#Gijón|1987]]
|
{| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:11.11%; color:white;"| 3
| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:40.74%; color:white;"| 11
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}; width:22.22%; color:white;"| 6
| style="background:{{party color|People's Alliance (Spain)}}; width:25.93%; color:white;"| 7
|}
|-
| align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 1991 Spanish local elections (Asturias)#Gijón|1991]]
|
{| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:11.11%; color:white;"| 3
| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:48.14%; color:white;"| 13
| style="background:{{party color|Gijonese Unity}}; width:11.11%; color:white;"| 3
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:33.33%; color:white;"| 9
|}
|-
| align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 1995 Spanish local elections (Asturias)#Gijón|1995]]
|
{| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:14.81%; color:white;"| 4
| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:44.44%; color:white;"| 12
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:40.74%; color:white;"| 11
|}
|-
| align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 1999 Spanish local elections (Asturias)#Gijón|1999]]
|
{| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:7.41%; color:white;"| 2
| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:59.26%; color:white;"| 16
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:33.33%; color:white;"| 9
|}
| rowspan="3" |Paz Fernández Felgueroso ([[Asturian Socialist Federation|PSOE]])
|-
| align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 2003 Spanish local elections (Asturias)#Gijón|2003]]
|
{| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:11.11%; color:white;"| 3
| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:48.14%; color:white;"| 13
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:40.74%; color:white;"| 11
|}
|-
| align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 2007 Spanish local elections (Asturias)#Gijón|2007]]
|
{| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:7.41%; color:white;"| 2
| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:48.14%; color:white;"| 13
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:44.44%; color:white;"| 12
|}
|-
| align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 2011 Spanish local elections (Asturias)#Gijón|2011]]
|
{| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:11.11%; color:white;"| 3
| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:37.0%; color:white;"| 10
| style="background:{{party color|Asturias Forum}}; width:33.33%; color:white;"| 9
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:18.52%; color:white;"| 5
|}
| rowspan="2" |[[Carmen Moriyón]] ([[Asturias Forum|FAC]])
|-
| align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 2015 Spanish local elections (Asturias)#Gijón|2015]]
|
{| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Xixón Sí Puede}}; width:22.22%; color:white;"| 6
| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:7.41%; color:white;"| 2
| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:25.93%; color:white;"| 7
| style="background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}; width:3.7%; color:white;"| 1
| style="background:{{party color|Asturias Forum}}; width:29.63%; color:white;"| 8
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:11.11%; color:white;"| 3
|}
|-
| align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 2019 Spanish local elections (Asturias)#Gijón|2019]]
|
{| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Podemos (Spanish political party)}}; width:11.11%; color:white;"| 3
| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:3.7%; color:white;"| 1
| style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:40.74%; color:white;"| 11
| style="background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}; width:14.81%; color:white;"| 4
| style="background:{{party color|Asturias Forum}}; width:11.11%; color:white;"| 3
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:11.11%; color:white;"| 3
| style="background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}; width:7.41%; color:white;"| 2
|}
|Ana González ([[Asturian Socialist Federation|PSOE]])
|-
| align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 2023 Spanish local elections (Asturias)#Gijón|2023]]
|
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| [[Carmen Moriyón]] ([[Asturias Forum|Foro]])
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==Notable people==
* [[Lara Álvarez]] (born 1986), journalist and television presenter
* [[Pablo Carreño Busta]] (born 1991), tennis player
* [[Miguel Dongil y Sánchez]] (born 1987), historian
* [[Luis Enrique]] (born 1970), football manager and former football player
* [[Alberto Entrerríos]] (born 1976), former handball player
* [[Natalia Estrada]] (born 1972), actress, model, and television presenter
* [[Pipi Estrada]] (born 1957), journalist, television personality
* [[Susana Estrada]] (born 1950), actress, [[Vedette (cabaret)|vedette]], and singer
* [[Abelardo Fernández]] (born 1970), football manager and former football player
* [[Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos]] (1744–1811), statesman, author, and philosopher
* [[Blanca Romero]] (born 1976), actress, model, and singer
* [[Sara Torres]] (born 1991) is a Spanish poet and novelist

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Spain}}

===Twin towns/Sister cities===
Gijón is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:<ref>[https://www.gijon.es/es/directorio/ayuntamiento-de-gijon Ayuntamiento de Gijón].</ref>
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*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]], United States
*{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Havana]], Cuba
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Niort]], France (since 1982)
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Novorossiysk]], Russia (since 1986)
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Puerto Vallarta]], Mexico
*{{flagicon|ESH}} [[Smara]], Western Sahara
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.gijon.es/ Gijón Municipality]
* [http://www.gijon.info/ Official Touristic website of Gijón]
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