Sojuela

Sojuela municipality
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	La Rioja
Comarca :	Comarca de Logroño
Coordinates	42 ° 22 ′ N , 2 ° 33 ′ W Coordinates: 42 ° 22 ′ N , 2 ° 33 ′ W
Area :	15.15 km²
Residents :	313 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	20.66 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	26376
Municipality number ( INE ):	26143

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Location in the La Rioja region

Sojuela is a Spanish municipality (municipality) in the La Rioja region in northern Spain .

history

The settlement is located about 15 km south of Logroño at an altitude of 669 meters in the Valle occidental del Iregua . The place was first mentioned in the 11th century in the writings of the then King of Navarra García Sánchez II de Pamplona when he transferred the land of Sojuela to the Monasterio de San Julián de Sojuela. The monastery of San Julián is said to be of great value in the history books when the three kings Don Ramiro, King of Aragon, Don Fernando, King of León, and Don Garcia, King of Nájera, met there in 1044 and campaigned against it the Arabs designed for the following years.

The future Queen Estefanía de Foix gave the seven villages Entrena, Fuenmayor, Hornos de Moncalvillo, Velilla de la Rad, Medrano, Navarrete and Sojuela market rights and the right to grow wine. Until 1811 the land belonged to the Marquis de Villacampa and was part of the province of Burgos. On November 30, 1833, the villages were incorporated into the province of Logroño.

economy

Sojuela has always been an agricultural community with its 600 hectares of grain, 75 hectares of irrigated land and around 500 hectares of vineyards. The cultivation of vines in Sojuela is very old and is linked to the history of the San Julian Monastery. In the documents from the 11th century, the first vineyards are documented, which are still today on the edge of Sojuela. The old wooden presses are still in use in some of these wineries. The numerous old olive trees are closely linked to the vineyards, which, together with well-tended gardens, benefit from the location of the place to the water in the delta of the two rivers.

In 1857 there were 310 inhabitants. After that, the population decreased by moving to the capital. Sojuela had the lowest population with 86 inhabitants in 2001. Due to the emerging rural tourism and the exceptional location to the Sierra de Moncalvillo mountains and the proximity to the capital, 15 kilometers away, the population has increased again. In 2010 there were 227 and at the end of 2013 there were again 266 people living in Sojuela.

Worth seeing

Iglesia parroquial de Santa María del Pópulo, from the 16th century.
Casa de la Nieve de Moncalvillo, a museum in the basement of the Sojuela Town Hall that shows the history of the first cooling system in the village from 1597.
Balsa de Sojuela, reservoir with a wall around 1 kilometer south of Sojuela

Sports

Club de Golf de Sojuela

Web links

Ayuntamiento Municipal Council (Spanish)

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↑ 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).
↑ Founding deed dated December 12, 1052. Cf. Colección de privilegios de la corona de Castilla, vol. 6, ed. by Tomás González (1833), no. 228, pp. 52–59.
^ INE: Población por municipios y sexo.

[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] Founding deed dated December 12, 1052. Cf. Colección de privilegios de la corona de Castilla, vol. 6, ed. by Tomás González (1833), no. 228, pp. 52–59.

[3] INE: Población por municipios y sexo.