Guernica

Guernica is a Basque town known for its Monday market day which has for decades been considered as a holiday in the town. Airborne bombing by the German Condor Legion in support of Spanish fascists in 1937 destroyed much of Guernica's old town, but several parts were spared and many were rebuilt.
  • Town with 13,400 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 97 metres (318 feet)
  • Description: town in the Basque Country, Spain
  • Postal code: 48300
  • Also known as
    “city of Guernica”
    “Gernika”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gernikako Arbola and Museo de la Paz de Guernica.

Monument
is an oak tree that symbolizes…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arratzu and Kortezubi.

Village
is a town and municipality located in the…

Village
is a town and municipality located in the… is situated 3½ km northeast of Guernica.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood.

Guernica

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Latitude
43.3144° or 43° 18′ 52″ north
Longitude
-2.6779° or 2° 40′ 40″ west
UN/LOCODE
ES GKA and ES GUE
Open location code
8CMV887C+QV
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Guernica” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غرنيكا”
  • Arabic: “غورينيكا”
  • Arabic: “غيرنايكا-لومو”
  • Aragonese: “Gernika-Lumo”
  • Aragonese: “Gernika”
  • Aragonese: “Guernica y Luno”
  • Aragonese: “Guernica”
  • Armenian: “Գեռնիկա”
  • Asturian: “Gernika-Lumo”
  • Asturian: “Gernika”
  • Basque: “Gernika-Lumo”
  • Basque: “Gernika”
  • Belarusian: “Герніка”
  • Breton: “Gernika-Lumo”
  • Breton: “Gernika”
  • Bulgarian: “Герника-и-Луно”
  • Bulgarian: “Герника-Лумо”
  • Bulgarian: “Герника”
  • Catalan: “Gernica”
  • Catalan: “Gernika-Lumo”
  • Catalan: “Gernika”
  • Catalan: “Guernica”
  • Catalan: “Lumo”
  • Cebuano: “Gernika-Lumo (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Gernika-Lumo”
  • Chechen: “Герника”
  • Chinese: “Guernica”
  • Chinese: “格尔尼卡”
  • Chinese: “格爾尼加”
  • Chinese: “格爾尼卡”
  • Chinese: “赫尔尼卡-卢莫”
  • Czech: “Gernika-Lumo”
  • Czech: “Gernika”
  • Czech: “Guernica y Lumo”
  • Czech: “Guernica”
  • Dagbani: “Guernica”
  • Danish: “Gernika”
  • Danish: “Guernica”
  • Dutch: “Gernika-Lumo”
  • Dutch: “Gernika”
  • Dutch: “Guernica y Luno”
  • Dutch: “Guerníca y Luno”
  • Dutch: “Guernica”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جرنيكا”
  • Esperanto: “Gernika”
  • Esperanto: “Gerniko”
  • Esperanto: “Guernica”
  • Finnish: “Gernika”
  • Finnish: “Guernica y Luno”
  • Finnish: “Guernica”
  • French: “Gernika-Lumo”
  • French: “Gernika-Luno”
  • French: “Gernika”
  • French: “Guernica y Luno”
  • French: “Guernica”
  • Galician: “Gernika - Lumo”
  • Galician: “Gernika-Lumo”
  • Georgian: “გერნიკა”
  • German: “Gernica”
  • German: “Gernika-Lumo”
  • German: “Gernika”
  • German: “Guernica y Luno”
  • German: “Guernika”
  • Greek: “Γκερνίκα”
  • Hebrew: “גרניקה”
  • Hungarian: “Gernika-Lumo”
  • Indonesian: “Gernika-Lumo”
  • Indonesian: “Guernica y Luno”
  • Interlingua: “Gernika-Lumo”
  • Irish: “Gernika”
  • Irish: “Guernica”
  • Italian: “Gernika-Lumo”
  • Italian: “Gernika”
  • Italian: “Guernica”
  • Japanese: “ゲルニカ・イ・ルノ”
  • Japanese: “ゲルニカ”
  • Japanese: “ゲルニカ=ルモ”
  • Korean: “게르니카-루모”
  • Korean: “게르니카”
  • Ladin: “Gernika”
  • Latin: “Gernica-Lunum”
  • Latin: “Guernica y Luno”
  • Latin: “Guernica”
  • Latvian: “Gernika”
  • Latvian: “Guernica”
  • Lithuanian: “Chernika Lumas”
  • Lithuanian: “Gernika”
  • Lombard: “Guernica”
  • Luxembourgish: “Gernika”
  • Malay: “Guernica”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gernika”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gernika”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Guernica”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Guernica”
  • Norwegian: “Gernika”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gernika-Lumo”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Guernica”
  • Persian: “گرنیکا”
  • Polish: “Gernika-Lumo”
  • Polish: “Guernica”
  • Portuguese: “Gernika-Lumo”
  • Portuguese: “Gernika”
  • Portuguese: “Guernica e Luno”
  • Portuguese: “Guernica y Luno”
  • Portuguese: “Guernica”
  • Quechua: “Gernika-Lumo”
  • Quechua: “Gernika”
  • Quechua: “Guernica y Luno”
  • Quechua: “Guernica”
  • Romanian: “Guernica”
  • Russian: “Герника-и-Луно”
  • Russian: “Герника”
  • Sardinian: “Guernica”
  • Serbian: “Gernika”
  • Serbian: “Guernica”
  • Serbian: “Герника”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Guernica”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Guernika”
  • Slovak: “Guernica”
  • Slovenian: “Gernika”
  • Slovenian: “Guernica”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قرنیکا”
  • Spanish: “Gernika Lumo / Guernica y Luno”
  • Spanish: “Gernika Lumo Guernica y Luno”
  • Spanish: “Gernika Lumo”
  • Spanish: “Gernika-Lumo / Guernica y Luno”
  • Spanish: “Gernika-Lumo Guernica y Luno”
  • Spanish: “Gernika-Lumo”
  • Spanish: “Gernika”
  • Spanish: “Guernica y Lumo”
  • Spanish: “Guernica y Luno”
  • Spanish: “Guernica”
  • Spanish: “Guernika y Lumo”
  • Swedish: “Gernika-Lumo”
  • Swedish: “Gernika”
  • Swedish: “Guernica”
  • Tatar: “Герника”
  • Turkish: “Guernica”
  • Ukrainian: “Герніка-і-Луно”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґерніка-і-Луно”
  • Ukrainian: “Герніка-Лумо”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґерніка-Лумо”
  • Ukrainian: “Герніка”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґерніка”
  • Urdu: “گوئرنیکا”
  • Venetian: “Guernica”
  • Vietnamese: “Guernica”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gernika-Lumo”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Guernica y Luno”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Guernica”
  • Welsh: “Gernika”
  • Wu Chinese: “格尔尼卡”
  • Yue Chinese: “格爾尼卡”

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