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Tormantos
Sign in to saveTormantos is a municipality of the autonomous community of La Rioja (Spain). It is located in the most western part of La Rioja, in the region of Rioja Alta, bordering with the province of Burgos. It is located in the fertile plains of the valley of the Tirón river. It is the first town with a crossing of the river.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Tormantos
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tormantos - 3286198.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Skyline of Tormantos
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain La Rioja#Spain
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location within La Rioja.
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Santo Domingo de la Calzada
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_party
- PP
- Settlement.leader_name
- Josefa Fernández Diz
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 11.07
- Settlement.population_demonym
- tormantino, na
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 608
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal code
- Settlement.postal_code
- 26213
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Tormantos
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- La Rioja
- Population
- 124
- Area
- 11
- Elevation
- 609
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Leiva
- Official website
- www.tormantos.org
- Image
- Tormantos - 3286198.jpg
- Licence plate code
- LO
- Patron saint
- Roch
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- postal code
- 26213
- Commons category
- Tormantos
- native label
- Tormantos
- male population
- 79
- female population
- 52
- P8168
- nobility proof
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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- Politics
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Tormantos is a municipality of the autonomous community of La Rioja (Spain). It is located in the most western part of La Rioja, in the region of Rioja Alta, bordering with the province of Burgos. It is located in the fertile plains of the valley of the Tirón river. It is the first town with a crossing of the river.
== History == The first historical reference to Tormantos is in the 12th century (year 1137); it is a donation document made by Don Blasco Álvarez, neighbour of Tormantos, to Santo Domingo de la Calzada, in which he transferred a wineyard. In 1146, the king Alfonso VII included Tormantos in the Fuero of Cerezo, a village which become independent during the reign of Charles III of Spain.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tormantos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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