Official Name: | Alfaro |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain La Rioja#Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in La Rioja##Location in Spain |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Type2: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name2: | Alfaro |
Area Total Km2: | 194.23 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CET |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 42.1781°N -1.7489°W |
Elevation M: | 310 |
Alfaro is a town and municipality in La Rioja, northern Spain. Its population in January 2009 was 9,883 inhabitants, and its area is 194.23 km2. It is known for the annual return and nesting of the 'Storks of Alfaro.'[1]
During ancient Roman times, Alfaro was a municipium known as Graccuris; named after Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus.
1956 | Manuel Navajas Llorente | — | |
Enrique Tosantos Salazar | — | ||
1956 - 1957 | Manuel Castillo Castillo | — | |
1957 - 1958 | José Ignacio de la Torre Belsué | — | |
1958 - 1959 | Victorianos Ruiz Ramos | — | |
1959 - 1971 | Emilio Bustamante Martín | — | |
1971 - 1972 | Félix Arbizu Lestau | — | |
1972 - 1974 | Eugenio Hernández Varea | — | |
1974 - 1977 | Mariano Cuartero Ezpeleta | — | |
1977 - 1979 | José Luis Prusen Vicente | — |
Festival dates in Alfaro: