Entrena

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Entrena
Skyline of Entrena
Flag of Entrena
Flag		 Official seal of Entrena
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Location within Rioja Media (La Rioja).
Location within Rioja Media (La Rioja).
Coordinates: 42°23′N 2°32′W / 42.383, -2.533
Country Spain
Autonomous community La Rioja
Comarca Rioja Media
Government
 - Mayor Manuel Rodríguez Rodríguez (PSOE)
Area
 - Total 21.03 km² (8.1 sq mi)
Elevation 559 m (1,834 ft)
Population (2008)
 - Total 1,451
 - Density 69.00/km² (178.7/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+2)
12 km to Logroño
Website: http://www.entrena.org

Entrena is a municipality of La Rioja,(Spain), located near the capital Logroño. Its population at January 2008 was of 1,451 and has 21.03 km's extension. The nucleus is placed to 558 m of altitude. The term limits with Navarrete and Lardero North; Albelda de Iregua East; Nalda, Sorzano and Sojuela South and Medrano West.

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[edit] Geography

The relief of the municipality is level, its altitude varies between the 500 and the 600 M.s. Most of the land are in a glacis, old channel of Iregua River. In the South zone are the first spurs of the Mountain range of Moncalvillo. The town is located in this zone, on the hill called El Conjuro.

The rivers are few and with great low water. Hardly precipices coming from the mountain range cross the term from the South to North, like Ruicidera or Río Daroca.

[edit] History

The zone was populated by Romans, as it indicates the Roman town of La Dehesa, in addition to the road of Zaragoza-Briviesca that crossed the municipality.

Alfonso I of Asturias the Catholic in the middle of 8th century reconquer the villa to the Muslims.

From 1076 it belongs to Castile and to its king Alfonso VI. This king, before the strategic value of the zone, border with the kingdoms of Aragón and Navarre, populated and raised diverse fortresses to protect his interests. One of those seats was Entrena.

In 1160 Sancho VI of Navarre repobló the villa.

In certain gifts of king Sancho VI of Navarre it appears with the latin name of Entidigone.

The town was donated by queen Estefanía de Foix, widow of king García Sanchez III of Navarre (from Nájera) to the monastery of Santa Maria la Real of Nájera, appearing named like Antelana.

In 1189 the monks benedictines of Santa Maria la Real of Nájera, among others, donated the church of Entrena to the bishopric of Calahorra after lawsuits between the bishop and the monastery, with intervention of the king and the abbot of Cluny.

King Enrique II of Castile donates the town to Juan Ramirez de Arellano by the lent services, according to appears in the concession writing of the Señorío de Cameros. Since then the town would be linked to the Arellano family that would have great disputes with the Gómez Manrique (they were gentlemen of Navarrete by donation realised in 1380 by Juan I of Castile to Diego Gómez Manrique de Lara).

In 1478 the neighbors of Navarrete destroy fortifications constructed by those of Entrena. In retaliation, people of Clavijo and Lagunilla, that were of Arellano, destroyed the term of Ribafrecha that was affection of Manrique family. Entrena, until the abolition of the señoríos, belonged to the counts of Aguilar, gentlemen of Cameros.

St. Clare's Convent
St. Clare's Convent

In 1503 Carlos Ramirez de Arellano and his wife, Juana de Zúñiga, gentlemen of Cameros and counts of Aguilar, founded the monastery of Santa Clara in Entrena granting to him in addition the already preexisting Santa Maria de Barrivero. The founding nuns came from Tordesillas and the monastery belonged to the franciscan province of Burgos. The first abbess was a Arellano.

Entrena had hospital and hostelry to take care of the pilgrims that approached by the French Way to arrive at Compostela as they testify documents of 16th century.

[edit] Monuments

  • St. Martin's Church. Constructed in 1545 in ashlar masonry factory. It is a church of a ship of three sections with chapels between abutments, cruise and eight-sided head of three planes. It is covered by vaults with ogives starred of different layouts, and slightly has pointed arcs. Sacristy of three sections is a construction barroca located to the north of the head. The temple has two entrances faced in the second section, the located one to the north is a semicircular arch, and the one of the south formed by clasicistas elements, it registers in a triumphal arch. The tower of two bodies is of end of 16th century.
St. Ann's Hermitage
St. Ann's Hermitage
  • St. Ann's Hermitage. Located 2 km away from the locality by the road LR-137 in direction to Navarrete. It seems baroque. It was made in 18th century, and was restored in 1964 and 2005.
  • St. Clare's Convent. It was founded on 1503 by Don Carlos Ramirez de Arellano and his wife Juana de Zúñiga, Counts of Aguilar and gentlemen of Cameros. The first nuns who inhabited it came from Tordesillas being her first abbess an Arellano. In 2001 it was closed by absence of vocations.

[edit] Demography

Demographic evolution of Entrena, during 20th century.

When being located near to the capital, Entrena has gone increasing its population slowly, as compared with another one near localities, but walking away from the community's majority of towns, outermost, that they have lost population.

View of Entrena from the hill called El Tono (November 2007)
View of Entrena from the hill called El Tono (November 2007)

[edit] Historical

In the census of population of Crown of Castile of 16th century, Entrena appears in the additions of Nájera empadronated by 232 neighbors (1,160 souls). In already mentioned Geographic Dictionary of Barcelona (1830) Entrena is mentioned with 255 neighbors (1,285 souls). In the census of the Province of Logroño of 1840 it registers 191 neighbors (803 souls).

[edit] Festivals

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Coordinates: 42°23′N, 2°32′W