Cintruénigo
Railway station in Cintruénigo, Navarra
Railway station in Cintruénigo, Navarra
Coat of arms of Cintruénigo
Cintruénigo is located in Navarre
Cintruénigo
Cintruénigo
Map of Cintruénigo
Cintruénigo is located in Spain
Cintruénigo
Cintruénigo
Cintruénigo (Spain)
Coordinates: 42°03′55″N 1°36′24″W / 42.06528°N 1.60667°W / 42.06528; -1.60667
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityNavarre
Government
  Mayor(Óscar Bea Trincado (Navarrese People's Union))
Area
  Total35.4 km2 (13.7 sq mi)
Elevation
391 m (1,283 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
  Total7,823
  Density220/km2 (570/sq mi)
DemonymCirbonero
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
31592
Area codeDialing code
Websitehttps://www.cintruenigo.com

Cintruénigo is a Spanish town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain. Situated in the Merindad de Tudela in the Ribera de Navarra, in the comarca of Tudela in the lower reaches of the Alhama river and 92 km from the capital of the autonomous community, Pamplona. Its population in 2020 was of 8026 according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica.

Demonyms

The demonym of Cintruénigo is cirbonero and cirbonera, applicable to the masculine and feminine respectively. This demonym comes from the 16th century in which Cintruénigo had an important increase in population due to inhabitants of the Sorian village of Cerbón, near Fuentes de Magaña also on the Alhama river, moved to Cintruénigo and created a neighbourhood that came to be called El barrio de los Cirboneros. This neighbourhood in time was swallowed by the village proper and the demonym extended to all the inhabitants surviving to the present.

Geography

The village of Cintruénigo is situated in the autonomous community of Navarre within the Ribera de Navarra at an altitude of 391 MSL. Its area is of 35.4 km2 and limits to the north and northeast with the municipality of Corella, to the east and south with that of Tudela and to the west with that of Fitero.

References

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

42°04′48″N 1°48′18″W / 42.08000°N 1.80500°W / 42.08000; -1.80500


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