Viniegra de Abajo

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Location in Spain
Coordinates: 42°9′5″N2°53′20″W / 42.15139°N 2.88889°W / 42.15139; -2.88889 Coordinates: 42°9′5″N2°53′20″W / 42.15139°N 2.88889°W / 42.15139; -2.88889
CountryFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Province Flag of La Rioja (with coat of arms).svg  La Rioja
Comarca Anguiano
Government
   Mayor Pedro Ochoa Espiga (PSOE)
Area
  Total30.9 km2 (11.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2018) [1]
  Total78
Time zone UTC+1
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code 34 (Spain) + 941 (La Rioja)
Website www.lasviniegras.es

Viniegra de Abajo is a municipality of La Rioja (Spain).

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Viniegra de Abajo is between the Camero Nuevo and the Sierra de la Demanda, in what is called the subregion of High Najerilla. [2]

Through Viniegra passes the Urbión river, which born in the Picos de Urbión, which are within the municipal term of the population.

Demography

Viniegra de Abajo

History

The finding of tombs and a Visigothic wake in the urban enclosure attests the antiquity of the foundation of the town. In 1366 it was included with the denomination of Viniegra de Yuso, between the localities of the Lordship of Cameros, that would be yielded by Enrique II of Trastámara to Juan Ramirez de Arellano by its support in the fight against Pedro the Cruel.

Since then it belonged to the lordship of the counts of Aguilar and Inestrillas, heirs of the dominion of Cameros, according to what appears stated in the Cadastre of the Marquis of Ensenada of year 1751. After the abolition of lordships in Spain in 1811, it became a town free of the province of Soria, until the creation of the province of Logroño on the 30 of November 1833.

Economy

Politics

List of mayors since the democratic elections of 1979
TermMayorPolitical Party
1979–1983 Florián Salas Garachana UCD
1983–1987 Pedro Ochoa Espiga AP
1987–1991 Félix Santiago Miera SainzIndependent
1991–1995 Féliz Santiago Miera Sainz PSOE
1995–1999 Felix Santiago Miera Sainz PSOE
1999–2003 Juan Carlos Jiménez de Miguel PP
2003–2007 Jesús Mª García Palacios PSOE
2007–2011 Pedro Ochoa Espiga PSOE
2011–2015 Pedro Ochoa Espiga PP
2015–2019 Juan Ignacio Martínez Fernández PP
2019– n/dn/d

Festivals

In Viniegra there are two main celebrations, those of Winter, that are those of San Ildefonso, and those of summer, Santiago. [4] But besides these, also there are others:

Notable people

Architecture

Leisure

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References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. "Viniegra de Abajo - Destination". La Rioja Turismo@es|||. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  3. General info about Viniegra de Abajo in www.lasviniegras.es. Checked 24 February 2009
  4. Festivals in Viniegra de Abajo in www.lasviniegras.es. Checked 24 February 2009
  5. Notable people of Viniegra de Abajo in www.lasviniegras.es. Checked 24 February 2009
  6. Church of Our Lady of the Assumption in www.lasviniegras.es. Checked 24 February 2009