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Gines y su nevada centenaria

Gines, Comarca Metropolitana de Sevilla, Seville

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Gines y su nevada centenaria

Curiosity · Gines, Comarca Metropolitana de Sevilla, Seville

On 10 January 2010 light snowflakes fell on Gines, after 56 years without recorded snowfall in the town. The municipality, with 13,634 inhabitants (2025) and just 2.90 km², is at 123 m altitude and 6 km from Seville; founded in Roman times as 'Ab-Genna,' it took the Arabic name al-Genne ('garden of Eden') before being conquered by Ferdinand III in 1248.

Photo: CarlosVdeHabsburgo (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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