Sorzano

Sorzano
Sorzano
	Municipality
	Location within Rioja Media (La Rioja).
	Coordinates: 42°33′N 2°53′W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	La Rioja
Comarca	Rioja Media
Government
• Mayor	Leoncio Martínez Pascual (PP)
Area
• Total	10.23 km2 (3.95 sq mi)
Elevation	719 m (2,359 ft)
Population (2018)[1]
• Total	232
• Density	23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CET)
	17 km to Logroño

Sorzano is a municipality of the autonomous community of La Rioja (Spain). It is located near the capital Logroño and has a population of 263 inhabitants as of January 2006. Sorzano also has 10.23 km extension.

History

In the testament of queen Doña Estefanía, widow of king García Sanchez III of Navarre (from Nájera), leaves to her son Don Sancho, with Viguera and other villages, like Soricano.

In 1070 the kings of Pamplona Don Sancho and Doña Placencia gave to the monastery of Saints Cosme and Damián the part of the tithes of his belonging in Viguera, Hornos, Entedigone (Entrena), and half mill of Solarana (Sorzano). All these villages are near Logroño.

Sorzano was village of Nalda until 1632.

Monuments

St. Martin's Church.
Hermedaña's Hermitage.
Monument to Don Juan Calvo Estefanía.

Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

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[1] Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.