Albelda de Iregua | |
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 View of Albelda de Iregua (La Rioja, Spain) | |
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| Coordinates:42°22′N2°28′W / 42.367°N 2.467°W /42.367; -2.467 | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous Community |  La Rioja |
| Province | La Rioja |
| Comarca | Logroño |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Rosa Ana Zorzano Cámara (PP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 23.03 km2 (8.89 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 3,462 |
| (INE) | |
| Postal code | 26120 |
| Website | www.albelda.org |
Albelda de Iregua is a village andmunicipality in the province andautonomous community ofLa Rioja, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 23.03 square kilometres (8.89 sq mi) and as of 2011 had a population of 3339 people.[2]
Albelda is located south ofLogroño in the lower Iregua valley. This provides a fertile land for growing fruit.
The village is bounded on the north by Lardero and Alberite, to the east by Clavijo, to the south by Nalda and to the west by Sorzano and Entrena.
Within its terrains were the unpopulated communities of Longares, depopulated in the 12th century, Morcuera, deserted in the 14th century and Mucrones.
In 1063 the Bishop of Nájera approved a Town Charter for the population, under the name Longares.
The town had a Jewish community since the 10th century till the SpanishJewishInquisition in 1492. During that period of time, about 35 families lived in the town, paying taxes to the local bishop.[3] SeveralJews acquired the surname of the town, such as Moses Albelda (died 1545), a bible commentator who lived inTurkey and assumed to have ancestors from the town, who escaped to Turkey during the Inquisition.[4]
Its name may come from the Arabic term with the articleBayda Al, which means 'The White'. On the other hand, the etymology of the word "Albelda" proposed by the historian Urbano Espinosa points to the toponym Albalda/Albeilda (in Spanish), meaning "the village", as recorded in the Christian chronicles and consolidated during the Muslim rule (8th and 9th centuries). Its meaning has to do with the set of three monasteries located in the townships of Nalda and Albelda: San Pantaleon (in Nalda), and the monasteries of Albelda and Las Tapias, in Albelda itself.
As at 1 January 2010 the population of Albelda de Iregua was 3,291 persons, 1727 men and 1564 women.[5]
| Vertical bar chart demographic of Albelda de Iregua between 1857 and 2010 |
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Legal population (1857-1897) according to the population census published by theInstituto Nacional de Estadística in the 19th century. Legal population (1900-1991) or Resident population (2001) according to the population census published by theInstituto Nacional de Estadística. Population according to the municipal register of 2010 published by theInstituto Nacional de Estadística. |
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