La Puebla de Arganzón

La Puebla de Arganzón (also written Lapuebla de Arganzón[3][4]) is a municipality[5][6] located in the province of Burgos,[7] Castile and León, Spain. It is in the Comarca del Ebro[8] and the Judicial district Miranda de Ebro.[9] According to the INE, the municipality had a population of 529 inhabitants in 2009.[10]

La Puebla de Arganzón
Municipality and town
View of La Puebla de Arganzón, 2008
View of La Puebla de Arganzón, 2008
Flag of La Puebla de Arganzón
Official seal of La Puebla de Arganzón
Coordinates: 42°46′5″N 2°49′49″W
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityCastile and León Castile and León
ProvinceFlag of Burgos Burgos
ComarcaComarca del Ebro
SeatLa Puebla de Arganzón
Government
  TypeMayor-council government
  Alcalde (Mayor)Roberto Ortíz Urbina[1] (Agrupación Independiente Nueva Puebla)
Area
  Total18.87 km2 (7.29 sq mi)
Elevation
481 m (1,578 ft)
Population
 (2018)[2]
  Total495
  Density26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
09294
Websitewww.lapuebladearganzon.es

La Puebla de Arganzón and the adjacent municipality of Condado de Treviño together constitute the enclave of Treviño, part of the territory of Burgos, surrounded by the Basque province of Álava.[7]

La Puebla de Arganzón has a surface area of 18.87 square kilometres (7.29 sq mi)[10] with a population of 529[10] and a population density of 28.03 per square kilometre (72.6/sq mi).[11]

The municipality of La Puebla de Arganzón is made up of two towns, the more important one sharing the name La Puebla de Arganzón; the other is Villanueva de la Oca, a small rural community.[12]

There was older settlement named Arganzón, about a kilometre away from the present La Puebla. Its existence is cited as early as the year 871, but it disappeared in the 18th century.[13]

The present Puebla de Arganzón was founded toward the end of the 12th century, at a time of border wars between the kingdoms of Castile and Navarre. It obtained a fuero establishing it as a community in 1191. According to José Joaquín de Landázuri, that fuero was granted by the Navarrese king Sancho VI ("Sancho el Sabio", "Sancho the Wise"), not by Alfonso VIII of Castile.[7]

A large part of medieval La Puebla de Arganzón, a boat-shaped area that stretches from north to south, survives today, although new development has increased the size and population in recent years.[7]

Demographic history

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1897621    
1900622+0.05%
1910625+0.05%
1920680+0.85%
1930636−0.67%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1940617−0.30%
1950613−0.07%
1960568−0.76%
1970506−1.15%
1981501−0.09%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1991232−7.41%
1996265+2.70%
2001402+8.69%
2004465+4.97%
2008489+1.27%
Source: 2001, 2004, 2008[14]

In fiction

The fictional liberal crusader Salvador Monsalud, hero of the ten books of the second series of Benito Pérez Galdós's Episodios Nacionales (written 1875–1879) was a native of La Puebla de Arganzón.[15]

References

  1. El alcalde de La Puebla pide a las instituciones que apoyen la integración de Treviño en Álava, El Correo (Bilbao), 2008-01-10. Accessed online 2010-01-01.
  2. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  3. (in Spanish) José A. Abasolo, Lapuebla de Arganzón (Treviño) vota hoy su incorporación a Alava, El País, 1989-01-31. Accessed online 2010-01-01.
  4. Roberto González de Viñaspre, Argantzun: ohar historikoak eta linguistikoak Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Euskonews Gaztea. Accessed online 2010-01-01.
  5. INE code 09-276; the 09 indicates Burgos.
  6. (in Spanish) La Puebla de Arganzón Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, official site. Accessed online 2010-01-01.
  7. (in Spanish) Visitando La Puebla de Arganzón Archived 2009-12-27 at the Wayback Machine, El Correo (Bilbao), 2009-12-14. Accessed online 2010-01-01.
  8. (in Spanish) Francisco Jorge Torres Villegas, Cartografía hispano-científica; ó sea, Los mapas españoles, en que se representa á España bajo todas sus diferentes fases, Volumen 1, Imprenta de R. Ballone, 1857. on Google Books. pág. 355.
  9. (in Spanish) Miranda de Ebro, partido judicial nº4 de Burgos Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, Consejo General de los Procuradores de los Tribunales, 2003. Fecha de acceso 2010-01-01.
  10. INE, 2009. Query at http://www.ine.es/. Accessed online 2010-01-01.
  11. Calculated from surface area and population. Older INE data in their database is based on a population of 489 and shows a density of 25.91.
  12. (in Spanish) Información general Archived 2010-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, La Puebla de Arganzón.net. Accessed online 2010-01-01.
  13. (in Spanish) La Puebla de Arganzón Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, www.turismoburgos.org / University of Burgos. Accessed online 2010-01-01.
  14. INEbase / Nomenclátor. Relación de unidades poblacionales: Puebla de Arganzón (La) Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed online 2010-01-01.
  15. (in Spanish) Benito Pérez Galdós, El equipaje del rey José (Digital edition 2001, based on Madrid: Imprenta y Litografía de La Guirnalda, 1875), Chapter 1, p. 11. Template, TOC; Online at Biblioteca Cervantes Virtual.
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