Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal, 5 – E-20018 Donostia – San Sebastián (Gipuzkoa) – SPAIN

Phone : (+34) 943 01 87 86 | Fax : (+34) 943 01 58 00 | E-mail: mpc@ehu.es

San Sebastián (Spanish: [san seβasˈtjan]) or Donostia (Basque: [doˈnos̺tia]) is a city and municipality located in the north of Spain, in the Basque Country, on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and 20 km away from the French border. The city is the capital of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The municipality’s population is 186,122 (2011), and its metropolitan area reaches 436,500 (2010). Locals call themselves donostiarras, in Spanish and donostiarrak, in Basque.