A few days ago we told you what they were the favorite towns of each province of Spain, as was the case of Ponferrada in León, Mijas in Málaga or Ribadeo in Lugo, among many others.
And it is that, in case you did not know, in Spain all that population center that exceeds 10,000 inhabitants is considered a city, therefore, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE), Spain has a total of 8131 municipalities distributed throughout the territory.
From Viajestic we wanted to compile which are the oldest cities in each province of Spain. It must be taken into account that the cities were not founded on a specific day, but may have been built in several days, weeks or months. That is why the dates that appear are a year or a century, since it is very difficult to specify the exact moment of its creation.
The oldest municipality in each province of Spain
1. Andalusia
– Almeria: Adra (8th Century AD).
– Cadiz: Cadiz (1104 BC)
– Córdoba: Córdoba (169 aC)
– Granada: Almuñecar (8th century BC)
– Huelva: Huelva (10th century BC)
– Jaen: Jaén (10th century BC)
– Málaga: Málaga (Siglo VII aC)
– Sevilla: Seville (8th century BC)
2. Aragon
– Huesca: Huesca (179 BC)
– Teruel: Teruel (1,171)
– Zaragoza: Zaragoza (3rd century BC)
3. Asturias
– Asturias: Gijón (Siglo V aC)
4. Balearics
– Balearics: Ibiza (654 a.C.)
5. Canaries
– The Gran Canarian palms: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (1,478)
– Santa Cruz of Tenerife: Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1,493)
6. Cantabria
– Cantabria: Santander (26 a.C.)
7. Castile-La Mancha
– Albacete: Albacete (12th century)
– Real city: Royal City (1,255)
– Cuenca: Cuenca (784)
– Guadalajara: Guadalajara (8th Century)
– Toledo: Toledo (192 a.C.)
8. Castile and Leon
– Avila: Avila (Syglo I BC)
– Burgos: Burgos (884)
– León: Leo (29 BC)
– Salamanca: Salamanca (4th century BC)
– Segovia: Segovia (1st century)
– Soria: Soria (1.109)
– Valladolid: Valladolid (1.072)
– Zamora: Zamora (852)
9. Catalonia
– Barcelona: Barcelona (3rd century BC)
– Gerona: Gerona (79 BC)
– Lleida: Lleida (VI century BC)
– Tarragona: Tarragona (5th century AD)
10. Extremadura
– Badajoz: Medellin (79 BC)
– Caceres: Leather (8th century BC)
11. Galicia
– A Coruña: Santiago de Compostela (820)
– Lugo: Lugo (1st Century AD)
– Ourense: Ourense (Siglo I)
– Pontevedra: Vigo (2nd century BC)
12. Madrid
– Madrid: Alcalá de Henares (1st century)
13. Murcia
– Murcia: Cartagena (227 a.C)
14. Navarra
– Navarre: Pamplona (74 BC)
15. Basque Country
– alava: Vitoria (1181)
– Guipúzcoa: San Sebastian (1,180)
– Vizcaya: Bilbao (1.300)
16. La Rioja
– The Rioja: Calahorra (182 a.C.)
17. Valencia
– Alicante: Elche (5th century AD)
– Castellon: Castellon de la Plana (1,251)
– Valencia: Valencia (138 BC)
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I’m sure you’re interested…
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