Lerín

Lerin is a redirect to this article. For the Swedish artist and author, see Lars Lerin .

Lerín municipality
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Navarre
Province :	Navarre
Comarca :	Estella Oriental
Coordinates	42 ° 29 ′  N , 1 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 29 ′  N , 1 ° 58 ′  W
Height :	437  msnm
Area :	98.16 km²
Residents :	1,725 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	17.57 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	31260
Municipality number  ( INE ):	31152
administration
Mayor :	Consuelo Ochoa
Website :	www.lerin.es

Lerín is a Spanish municipality in the Comunidad Foral de Navarra and the Comarca Estella Oriental. It has 1725 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) and is 55 km from Pamplona .

Neighboring municipalities are: Allo , Oteiza de la Solana and Larraga in the north, Miranda de Arga and Falces in the east, Andosilla and Cárcar in the south and Sesma in the west.

history

There has been a castle in Lerín since the middle of the 11th century, which belonged to the King of Navarre. In 1425, King Charles III. of Navarre to the county of Lerín for his illegitimate daughter Juana, who was married to Luis de Beaumont .

Population development of the municipality

Source: INE archive - graphic processing for Wikipedia

Attractions

• The castle (11th century)
• Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Church (14th century)
• The Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Blanca

Personalities

• Luis de Beaumont, 1st Conde de Lerín (1412–1462)
• Luis de Beaumont, 2nd Conde de Lerín (around 1430–1508)
• Luis de Beaumont, 3rd Conde de Lerín († 1530)

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).