Santo Domingo de la Calzada

Santo Domingo de la Calzada
Municipality
Cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 42°26′31″N2°57′9″W / 42.44194°N 2.95250°W / 42.44194; -2.95250
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	La Rioja (Spain)
Province	La Rioja
Comarca	Santo Domingo de la Calzada
Government
• Mayor	Agustín García Metola (PSOE)
Area
• Total	40 km2 (15 sq mi)
Elevation (AMSL)	641 m (2,103 ft)
Population  (2024) [1]
• Total	6,348
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2))
Postal code	26250
Area code	+34 (Spain) + 941 (La Rioja)
Website	Town Hall

Santo Domingo de la Calzada is a municipality in La Rioja, Spain, situated on the banks of the Oja River.

Politics

List of mayors since the democratic elections of 1979

Term	Mayor	Political party
1979–1983	Rodolfo Varona Aransay	Grouping of electors
1983–1987	Rodolfo Varona Aransay	PR
1987–1991	José Ramón Mendi Barrón	UCD
1991–1995	Javier Ruiz Aznárez	PSOE
1995–1999	Esther Vargas Domingo	PP
1999–2003	Esther Vargas Domingo	PP
2003–2007	Agustín García Metola	PSOE
2007–2011	Agustín García Metola	PSOE
2011–2015	Javier Azpeitia Sáez	PP
2015–2019	Agustín García Metola	PSOE
2019–2023	Javier Ruiz Bartolomé	PSOE
2023–	n/d	n/d

Notable people

• Henry II of Castile died in the city in 1379
• Gustavo Bueno
• Jerónimo Hermosilla
• Ángel Augusto de Monasterio

See also

• Dominic de la Calzada

References

1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

External links

• (in Spanish) Historia, cultura, gastronomía y actividades de Santo Domingo de la Calzada Archived 2020-02-07 at the Wayback Machine

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