21 Facts About Vigo

Vigo is a city and municipality in the province of Pontevedra, within the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.

Vigo is one of the region's primary economic agents, owing to the French Stellantis Vigo Plant and to its port.

In 1702, the Battle of Vigo Bay occurred, and in 1719, because a Spanish fleet which departed from Vigo attempted to invade Scotland in support of the Jacobites, the city was occupied for ten days by a British force.

Vigo grew very rapidly in the 20th century, thanks to the fact that the Franco government granted it a tax-free zone in 1947 allowing companies to be set up there for free, as well as an Industrial Development Pole in 1964, a very unusual case for a non-capital of a Spanish province.

Continuous urban-planning changes left Vigo less structured than other Galician cities such as Pontevedra and A Coruna.

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Vigo has a transitional climate between the oceanic climate "Cfb" and the warm-summer Mediterranean climate "Csb" according to the Koppen climate classification.

Vigo is a municipality, the basic level of local government in Spain.

An industrial and recent city, Vigo has few remarkable old buildings but is home to the Co-Cathedral of Santa Maria and several museums, most of which were inaugurated between the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Municipality of Vigo is not only one of the major industrial cities in Galicia, but it is one of the more important Roman centers of Pontevedra.

Vigo retains some interesting examples of Romanesque churches in southern Galicia:.

Urzaiz and Guixar railway stations serve Vigo, allowing direct connections to the rest of Galicia as well as to Porto across the border in Portugal.

Vigo is characterized by a diversified economy linked to the fishing sector, industry, trade, tourism and services.

Vigo is the home port of one of the world's largest fishing company, Pescanova and the most important centre of the Galician canned fish industry.

Vigo is one of the leading industrial areas in Galicia, with a car factory, shipyards, and auxiliary industry in both automotive and marine sectors.

University of Vigo is located in a mountainous area 15 kilometres away from the city, in the parish of Zamans.

University of Vigo was founded in 1990 as split from the University of Santiago de Compostela.

Vigo has two daily newspapers; the Faro de Vigo, the oldest newspaper in Spain still in circulation, and the Atlantico Diario, a little local newspaper.

Vigo was the main location of historic newspaper such as the nationalist weekly newspaper "A Nosa Terra", now defunct .

Vigo has one of the most important women's basketball team in Spain, Celta, more commonly referred to today by its sponsorship name of Celta Indepo.

Vigo has a football team, Real Club Celta de Vigo, which plays in La Liga.

Institutions such as the Real Club Nautico de Vigo, founded in 1906, and the Liceo Maritimo de Bouzas, founded in 1907, are good examples of promotion of the nautical sports, especially sailing.