Albelda de Iregua

Municipality of Albelda de Iregua
Albelda de Iregua - town view
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	La Rioja
Comarca :	Logroño (Comarca)
Coordinates	42 ° 21 ′  N , 2 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 21 ′  N , 2 ° 28 ′  W
Height :	535  msnm
Area :	23.03 km²
Residents :	3,446 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	149.63 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	26120
Municipality number  ( INE ):	26005
administration
Website :	Albelda de Iregua

Albelda de Iregua is a place and a municipality ( municipio ) with 3,446 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the autonomous community of La Rioja in northern Spain .

Location and climate

The place Albelda de Iregua is located on the Río Iregua a good 14 km (driving distance) south of the provincial capital Logroño at an altitude of about 535  m . Soria , the capital of the Old Castilian province bordering the Rioja to the south , is located approx. 90 km south. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 520 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2001	2018
Residents	1,142	1,224	1,982	2,299	3,462

As a result of the mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the resulting lower demand for workers, many residents have migrated from the surrounding rural communities to the small town.

economy

For centuries, the community was oriented towards agriculture for the purpose of self-sufficiency , with livestock farming (milk, cheese, meat) in the foreground. Today the place belongs to the Rioja wine region, but olives and vegetables are also grown. In addition, holiday apartments (casas rurales) are rented out, especially in the summer months .

history

Celtiberian , Roman , Visigoth and even Islamic-Moorish traces of settlement were not discovered in the municipality. Nevertheless, the name of the place is sometimes traced back to an Arabic-Moorish origin. In the 920s, Sancho I of Navarre conquered the Iregus Valley and founded the monastery of San Martín for his wife Toda near Albelda . A military reconquest ( reconquista ) by the Christians did not take place, but the place was gradually settled as part of the Repoblación . Since around 1040 the area belonged to García Sánchez III. created manor (señorio) of the Tierra de Cameros . In the Middle Ages, the region was at times disputed between the kingdoms of Castile and the Kingdom of Navarre . After the abolition of the manors in 1811, it belonged to the province of Soria and only came to the newly created province of Logroño in 1833, from which the La Rioja region later emerged.

Attractions

Church of San Martín

Ermita de Santa Fe de Palazuelos

• The modern Iglesia de San Martín is dedicated to St. Martin von Tours and was completed in 2012. A Romanesque font (pila bautismal) comes from a previous medieval building . The main altar dates from 1540 and shows clear Renaissance forms .
• The Ermita de Santa Isabel is a small chapel from the beginning of the 20th century.
• The Piarists (Frailes Escolapios) relocated their university in the 1960s to an adjacent empty barracks building from the Franco era .

Surroundings

• The Ermita de Santa Fé de Palazuelos , located about 3.5 km east of the town, was the church of the long-abandoned town (despoblado) Palazuelos . The Romanesque building is partly in ruins, but still has a four-arched bell gable (espadaña) above the triumphal arch .
• Another chapel (Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Bueyo) is a good 3 km north of the village. It still has a Romanesque apse , while the rest of the building is modern.

Clavijo

• The historically significant Castillo de Clavijo , which towers above the neighboring village , is only 2.5 km southeast and the ruins of the San Prudencio monastery are also very close by.

Web links

Commons : Albelda de Iregua  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Albelda de Iregua, sights - photos + information (Spanish)
• Albelda de Iregua, tourism site - photos + information
• Valle del Iregua - Photos + Quick Facts (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
2. ↑ Albelda de Iregua - climate tables
3. ^ Albelda de Iregua - Population development
4. ↑ Albelda de Iregua - History