Puente la Reina

Puente la Reina ( Gares ) municipality
Puente la Reina
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Navarre
Province :	Navarre
Comarca :	Valdizarbe
Coordinates	42 ° 40 ′  N , 1 ° 49 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 40 ′  N , 1 ° 49 ′  W
Height :	344  msnm
Area :	39.71 km²
Residents :	2,840 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	71.52 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	31100
Municipality number  ( INE ):	31206
administration
Mayor :	Eva Erro Ochoa (Agrupación Ximénez de Rada)
Website :	www.puentelareina-gares.es
Location of the municipality

Puente la Reina ( Gares in Basque ) is a municipality with 2840 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the autonomous region of Navarre ( Spain ). In Puente la Reina the Aragonese and Navarre branches of the Camino de Santiago unite , the common path crosses the Arga river over the bridge of the same name.

history

The name and development are linked to the bridge donated by Queen Dona Mayor of Navarre, wife of King Sancho Mayor , or her daughter-in-law. Despite all the uncertainty about the founder, the construction of the bridge is certain in the first half of the 11th century.

Because river crossings were dangerous, detours long and ferry services expensive, the streams of pilgrims soon concentrated on this bridge. This was followed by the settlement of Franconia and the establishment of a market town . The development of the city is an example of the infrastructure projects of this time and their impact, and can often be found in a comparable form on the Camino de Santiago.

In 1122 it was granted city rights, and construction of the city wall began in 1235. This was followed by the gift of the city by García IV. To the Templars , and after their dissolution at the beginning of the 14th century it passed to the Johanniter .

politics

Results of the municipal council elections 2011 and 2015

Political party	Seats 2011	Seats 2015
Image EA-Alternatiba (image)	3	4th
Agrupación Ximénez de Rada (AXR)	4th	4th
Agrupación Electoral Puentesina (AEP)	4th	2
Unión del Pueblo Navarro (UPN)	-	1

mayor

The democratically elected mayor

Term of office	mayor	Political party
1979-1987	Feliciano Velez Medrano	AEP
1987-1991	Antonio Martínez Lautre	AXR
1991-1995	Xabier Velez Medrano	HB
1995-1996	Carmen Etayo	AEP
1997-1999	Xabier Velez Medrano	HB
1999-2003	Eva Erro Ochoa	AXR
2003-2007	Eva Erro Ochoa	AXR
2007-2011	Feliciano Velez	AEP
since 2011	Fidel Aracama Azcona	AEP

Population development of the municipality

Source: INE archive - graphic processing for Wikipedia

Culture and sights

• Iglesia del Crucifijo / Kruzifix-Kirche
  Church of the former Templar monastery (13th / 14th century) with a Romanesque portal from the previous chapel and a Y-cross of the soft late Gothic style as special features. The latter is said to come from the Rhineland.

• Santiago Church
  12-16 Century, with a typical Navarre Romanesque spiked portal. The tower dates from the 18th century, weathered scenes from the story of creation on the portal, inside a wooden figure of Santiago Peregrino with staff and shell from the 14th century

• Also noteworthy are the old noble and town houses adorned with coats of arms along the old main street. Many of them feature artfully crafted rafters , a characteristic of Navarre architecture.

Town twinning

The partner municipalities of Puente la Reina are Saint-Sever in France (since 1973) and Santa Sofia in Italy.

literature

• Cordula Rabe: Spanish Way of St. James. From the Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela. All stages - with variants and height profiles. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7633-4330-0 ( Rother hiking guide ).
• Bert Teklenborg: Cycling along the Camino de Santiago. From the Rhine to the western end of Europe. (Cycling guide, route planner). 3rd revised edition. Publishing House Tyrolia, Innsbruck 2007, ISBN 978-3-7022-2626-8 .

Web links

Commons : Puente la Reina  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information about the Camino Francés
• Spanish info page
• Basque info page
• The Valle de Valdizarbe and especially Puente la Reina. (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. ↑ Location information from the regional government of Navarre (Spanish)
3. ^ Spanish Ministry of the Interior
4. ^ Elecciones municipales 2015 - Puente la Reina , accessed December 8, 2016
5. ^ Website of the municipality

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