Iguzquiza

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Igúzquiza municipality
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Igúzquiza (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : NavarreNavarre Navarre
Province : Navarre
Comarca : Estella Oriental
Coordinates 42 ° 39 ′  N , 2 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 39 ′  N , 2 ° 5 ′  W
Height : 517  msnm
Area : 18.02 km²
Residents : 325 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 18.04 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 31241
Municipality number  ( INE ): 31125
administration
Mayor : Salvador Garín Zabala
Address of the municipal administration: Plaza, s / n. 31241 Azqueta
Website : www.ayuntamientodeiguzquiza.es
Location of the municipality
Navarre - Mapa municipal Igúzquiza.svg

Igúzquiza is a Spanish town and municipality in the autonomous community of Navarra near Estella and about 50 kilometers southwest of Pamplona . The association community consists of four places with their own local representative ( Concejo ): Igúzquiza, Azqueta , Labeaga and Urbiola . The town hall with the municipal administration and the seat of the mayor is located in Azqueta.

Population development of the municipality

Source: INE archive - graphic processing for Wikipedia

The number of inhabitants in the individual villages in 2010 was:

place Residents
Azqueta 63
Iguzquiza 206
Labeaga 34
Urbiola 45

history

The San Esteban de Monjardín Castle, built in the 11th century, belonged to the Pamplona diocese. Igúzquiza was first mentioned in writing in 1185, when it was donated to the Irache monastery . In 1238 the place fell into the possession of King Theobald II.
The lawyer and statistician Pascual Madoz wrote about the village in 1847 in his geographical and historical inventory of Spain - healthy and mild climate, but windy. The place has 40 houses and a school for 22 boys and 16 girls. In the medium-sized town, all kinds of grain are grown, merino sheep and goats are raised, hares, partridges and pigeons are hunted and trout is angled. Population: 28 farms, 137 souls.

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  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. Eastern information of the regional government of Navarre (Spanish)
  3. Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Spanish municipality website  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ayuntamientodeiguzquiza.es