Villalba de Rioja

Villalba de Rioja municipality
Villalba de Rioja - the townscape
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	La Rioja
Province :	La Rioja
Comarca :	Comarca de Haro
Coordinates	42 ° 37 ′  N , 2 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 37 ′  N , 2 ° 53 ′  W
Height :	561  msnm
Area :	8.96 km²
Residents :	160 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	17.86 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	26292
Municipality number  ( INE ):	26166

Villalba de Rioja is a remote, small mountain village with 160 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the far north of the autonomous community of La Rioja in Spain .

location

The place Villalba de Rioja is located on the Obarenes near the town of Miranda de Ebro in the adjacent province of Burgos at an altitude of about 560  m . The distance to the northern provincial capital Logroño is approx. 50 km (driving distance). The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 700 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year	1842	1900	1950	2001	2019
Residents	224	406	354	154	160

As a result of the mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the resulting lower demand for labor, the place, like many similarly small towns in the region, is suffering from a decline in population.

politics

The mayor, Alfredo Fernández Martínez, re-elected nine times for the Alianza Popular, later Partido Popular , was replaced by Gabriel Muga in 2019 after 40 years in office. Muga is only the second mayor since the Transición .

economy

The small mountain village was and is largely shaped by agriculture, especially cattle breeding (milk, cheese). The place is also known for the neighboring hunting grounds.

Famous sons and daughters of the place

• Pedro del Castillo (1521 - 1569) founded the city of Mendoza as conquistador and lieutenant governor of the province of Cuyo during the Arauco War in 1561 .

Web links

Commons : Villalba de Rioja  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Villalba de Rioja, sights - photos + 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. ↑ Instituto Geográfico Nacional , accessed on June 18, 2020 (Spanish)
3. ↑ Villalba de Rioja - climate tables , accessed on June 18, 2020.
4. ↑ Villalba de Rioja - population development , accessed on June 18, 2020.