Viana, Spain

Viana
Town and municipality
The main church in Viana, Navarra
The main church in Viana, Navarra
Flag of Viana
Coat of arms of Viana
Interactive map of Viana
Country Spain
CommunityNavarre
MerindadEstellerria
ComarcaEstella Occidental
Government
 • MayorJosé Luis Murguiondo (Socialist Party of Navarre)
Area
 • Total
78.62 km2 (30.36 sq mi)
Elevation
469 m (1,539 ft)
Population
 (2025-01-01)[1]
 • Total
4,441
 • Density56.49/km2 (146.3/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Basque: vianar
Spanish:vianés, -a
Postal code
31230

Viana is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain.[2] Cesare Borgia is buried there.[3]

Viana is on the French Way path of the Camino de Santiago.

Demography

demographic vertical bar chart of Viana between 1900 and 2017
  Population according to the census[4]

Notable people

  • Juan Vélaz de Medrano, founder of the oldest hereditary mayorazgo in Viana in 1437, the Vélaz de Medrano majorat.[5]
  • José Antonio Lacayo de Briones y Palacios, born there in 1679,[6] was Governor of Costa Rica (1713 to 1717) and Nicaragua (1740 to 1745) during Spanish colonial times.[7][8]
  • Francisco Gonzalez de Ibarra, a missionary active in Southern California between 1820 and 1840, was a native of Viana,[9] born there in 1782.[10]
  • Jesús Elizalde Sainz de Robles (1907-1980), Carlist politician

See also

References

  1. ^ National Statistics Institute (13 December 2025). "Municipal Register of Spain of 2025".
  2. ^ "Spain's Grupo Clavijo installs 12.56 MW solar power plant in Sri Lanka". Colombo Page. LankaPage.com (LLC). 4 February 2017. Archived from the original on February 4, 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  3. ^ Moore, Malcolm (23 January 2007). "The rehabilitation of Cesare Borgia". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Alteraciones de los municipios en los Censos de Población desde 1842 Viana". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (España) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2010.
  5. ^ Cultura Navarra. https://www.culturanavarra.es/uploads/files/PV274_11.pdf
  6. ^ Caldera Cardenal, Norman José (1993). La descendencia del General José Antonio Lacayo de Briones y Palacios: en Nicaragua y el mundo. Copi-Zás. pp. 15–19.
  7. ^ Fernández Guardia, Ricardo (2006). Crónicas coloniales de Costa Rica. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. p. 124. ISBN 9968314811. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  8. ^ Cardenal Telleria, Marco A. (2000). Nicaragua y su historia, 1502-1936: 1502-1936. Banco Mercantil. pp. 169–171. ISBN 9992400641. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  9. ^ de Jesús Chauvet, Fidel (1983). Franciscanos memorables en México: ensayo histórico (1523-1982). Centro de Estudios Bernardino de Sahagún.
  10. ^ Archivo ibero-americano. J. Costa. 1965. p. 324.
  • Wikimedia Commons logo Media related to Viana at Wikimedia Commons
  • Viana.- Medieval History of Navarre
  • Ciudad de Viana (City of Viana) translated to english

42°30′54″N 2°22′20″W / 42.51500°N 2.37222°W / 42.51500; -2.37222