Milagro (Navarre)

Milagro municipality
Milagro - View of the town with the Aragón River
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Navarre
Comarca :	Ribera Arga-Aragón
Coordinates	42 ° 15 ′  N , 1 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 15 ′  N , 1 ° 46 ′  W
Height :	300  msnm
Area :	28.34 km²
Residents :	3,416 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	120.54 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	31320
Municipality number  ( INE ):	31169
administration
Website :	Milagro

Milagro is a place and a municipality (municipio) with 3,416 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the autonomous community of Navarre in the north of Spain .

Location and climate

The place Milagro is located on a hill above the Río Aragón at a height of approx. 300  m and is approx. 78 km (driving distance) in a southerly direction from the regional capital Pamplona . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 555 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	1,234	1,586	2,931	2,599	3,400

The mechanization of agriculture , the task of rural small businesses and the resulting job losses have since the mid-20th century to a rural exodus out, which is usually a population growth in the cities - including in Milagro - meant.

economy

Milagro is traditionally agricultural, but craftsmen and service providers have also settled in the village. Tourism in the form of renting out holiday homes hardly plays a role.

history

Celtic , Roman and Visigoth traces have not yet been discovered, although an old place name (Ergavia) is known, which is associated with Milagro. In the 8th century Arab-Moorish armies advanced far into the north of the Iberian Peninsula ; the Moors named the prominent hill Sajrat Qays and built a fortress there. At the end of the 11th century, Peter I of Aragón (r. 1094–1104) attempted to recapture ( reconquista ) the strategically important place and its castle, near which he built a watchtower, but only King Alfonso II was around Successful year 1165 - in the process he destroyed the castle and town, which were gradually rebuilt. In the 1170s the area was disputed between the kingdoms of Castile and Aragón .

Attractions

Jardín fantástico

• Only sparse remains of the old Peter I Castle have survived.
• In 1581 the construction of the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Abades began in late Gothic styles (apse and vault) and the Renaissance (portal). The nave (nature) is of late Gothic vaults is covered. The baroque altarpiece (retablo) shows twisted columns in the style of Churriguerism .

Surroundings

• On the arterial road is the Jardín fantástico , a small garden with imaginative sculptures.

Web links

Commons : Milagro  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Milagro, Sights - Info (Spanish)
• Milagro, history and sights - information (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. ↑ Milagro - climate tables
3. ↑ Milagro - population development
4. ↑ Milagro - History
5. ↑ Milagro - History
6. ↑ Milagro - Castillo