Calahorra
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Calahorra
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Calahorra (Spanish: times, Calahorra was a municipium known as Calagurris Nassica Iulia.
Location
The city is located on a hill at an altitude of 358 metres at the confluence of the Ebro and Cidacos rivers, and has an area of 91.41 km². Calahorra is the second-largest city in La Rioja in population and importance, after the capital, Logroño. Its population is 21,060 people.
It is well-connected to other cities, especially by highway. It is situated in the Ebro valley, 48 kilometres from Logroño, 120 km from
Its daily bus services link it to such cities as Pamplona, Soria and San Sebastián.
Its status as seat of a comarca and judicial district make it a service-industry city in administrative, commercial and leisure fields.
History
Calahorra has been inhabited since the Paleolithic, and its stable population dates to the Iron Age.
After the rule of the Moors in the 9th and 10th centuries the Christian king García Sánchez III of Pamplona captured the city in 1045.
The population had reached 7,000 by the 1840s.[2]
Politics
Term | Mayor | Political Party |
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1979–1983 | Ernesto Sáenz Enciso | CIR |
1983–1987 | María Antonia San Felipe | PSOE |
1987–1991 | Fernando Deza (1987), María Antonia San Felipe | AP, PSOE |
1991–1995 | María Antonia San Felipe | PSOE |
1995–1999 | Javier Pagola | PP |
1999–2003 | Javier Pagola | PP |
2003–2007 | Javier Pagola | PP |
2007–2011 | Javier Pagola | PP |
2011–2015 | Javier Pagola (2011-2014), Luis Martínez-Portillo (2014-2015) | PP |
2015–2019 | Luis Martínez-Portillo | PP |
2019–2023 | Elisa Garrido Jiménez | PSOE |
2023– | n/d | n/d |
Places of Interest
Twin cities
Gallery
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Cathedral of Calahorra (main facade).
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Chapel of the Calahorra Castle, from an albumen print taken by the French photographer Jean Laurent, c. 1865-1881
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View of Calahorra
See also
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge, Vol.IV, (1848) London, Charles Knight, p.19