Guernica

Guernica
Gernika
Guernica y Luno
City
Gernika-Lumo
The Oak of Gernika (Gernikako Arbola)
The Oak of Gernika (Gernikako Arbola)
Flag of Guernica
Coat of arms of Guernica
Guernica is located in the Basque Country
Guernica
Guernica
Location of Guernica within the Basque Country
Guernica is located in Spain
Guernica
Guernica
Location of Guernica within Spain
Coordinates: 43°19′N 02°40′W / 43.317°N 2.667°W / 43.317; -2.667
Country Spain
Autonomous community Basque Country
ProvinceBiscay
Eskualdea / ComarcaBusturialdea
FoundedApril 28, 1366
Government
 • MayorJose Maria Gorroño Etxebarrieta (EAJ-PNV)
Area
 • Total8.6 km2 (3.3 sq mi)
Elevation
 (AMSL)
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total16,972
 • Density2,000/km2 (5,100/sq mi)
Demonymgernikarra
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
48300
Area code+34 (Spain)
WebsiteOfficial website
Tiled wall in Guernica, the inscription below, written in Basque, expresses the desire to have the Picasso painting of the same name transferred to the city[2] (it is currently exhibited in the Museo Reina Sofía).

Guernica (/ɡɜːrˈnkə, ˈɡɜːrnɪkə/,[3] Spanish pronunciation: [ɡeɾˈnika]), officially Gernika (pronounced [ɡernika]) in Basque, is a town in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain. The town of Guernica is one part (along with neighbouring Lumo) of the municipality of Gernika-Lumo (Spanish: Guernica y Luno), whose population is 16,224 as of 2009.

On April 26, 1937, Guernica was bombed by Nazi Germany's Condor Legion and Fascist Italy's Aviazione Legionaria, in one of the first aerial bombings. The attack inspired Pablo Picasso's painting Guernica, depicting his outrage at the attack.

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ "Reproduction of Guernica by Picasso". turismo.gernika-lumo.net. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  3. ^ "Guernica". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2020-01-03.