Granda
Granda is a district of the municipality of Gijón / Xixón, in Asturias, Spain. Its population was 661 in 2012. Granda is a residential and rural area, bordering with the city district in the north and with Vega in the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood with 696 residents
- Description: parish (parroquia) in Gijón, Asturias, Spain
- Also known as: “Granda (Gijón)”, “Granda de Arriba”, and “Granda, Gijón”
- Historically known as: “Santo Tomás de Granda”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora de Contrueces and Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo.
Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora de Contrueces
Manor estate
Photo: Adolfobrigido, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Contrueces is a Catholic church located in the autonomous community of Asturias, in the southern part of the urban area of Gijón, within the neighborhood of Contrueces.
Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo
Sports venue
Photo: Banderas, Public domain.
The Escuela de Fútbol de Mareo, officially Escuela de Fútbol Ángel Viejo Feliú, is the training ground and academy base of the Spanish football club Sporting de Gijón.
Palacio de San Andrés de Cornellana
Manor estate
Palacio de San Andrés de Cornellana is a manor estate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vega and Castiello Bernueces.
Vega
Suburb
Vega is a parish of the municipality of Gijón / Xixón, in Asturias, Spain. Its population was 3,484 in 2016. Vega is a residential and rural area, bordering with the districts of Granda, Castiello Bernueces, Santurio, Caldones, Llavandera, and Samartín de Güerces.
Castiello Bernueces
Neighborhood
Castiello Bernueces is a parish of the municipality of Gijón / Xixón, in Asturias, Spain. Its population was 740 in 2003 and 1,070 in 2012. A traditionally rural area, nowadays mainly residential, Castiello Bernueces is located on south of the city and borders Vega, Santurio and Granda in the south, and Somió and Cabueñes in the northeastern side.
Granda
- Categories: parish of Asturias, collective population entity of Spain, and locality
- Location: Gijón, Asturias, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
43.50278° or 43° 30′ 10″ northLongitude
-5.65993° or 5° 39′ 36″ westPopulation
696Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)Open location code
8CMPG83R+42OpenStreetMap ID
node 998900873OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
3121203Wikidata ID
Q5195014
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Spanish—“Granda” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Granda”
- Basque: “Granda”
- Dutch: “Granda”
- Galician: “Granda, Xixón”
- Galician: “Granda”
- Spanish: “Granda (Gijón)”
- Spanish: “Granda”
- “Granda”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Granda”. Photo: charles lecompte, CC BY-SA 3.0.