Viniegra de Abajo
| Viniegra de Abajo | |
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 Viniegra de Abajo
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| Coordinates: 42°9′5″N 2°53′20″W / 42.15139°N 2.88889°WCoordinates: 42°9′5″N 2°53′20″W / 42.15139°N 2.88889°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Province | La Rioja |
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| • Mayor | Pedro Ochoa Espiga (PSOE) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 30.9 km2 (11.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 111 |
| Area code(s) | 34 (Spain) + 941 (La Rioja) |
| Website | www.lasviniegras.es |
Viniegra de Abajo is a municipality of La Rioja (Spain).
Viniegra de Abajo is between the Camero Nuevo and the Sierra de la Demanda, in what is called the subregion of High Najerilla.
Through Viniegra passes the Urbión river, which born in the Picos de Urbión, which are within the municipal term of the population.
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.
In Viniegra there are two main celebrations, those of Winter, that are those of San Ildefonso, and those of summer, Santiago. But besides these, also there are others:
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