Fuenmayor

For the surname, see Fuenmayor (surname).

Fuenmayor is a town located in the province of La Rioja, Spain. It is located ten kilometers from Logroño, the capital of La Rioja.

Fuenmayor
Municipality
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Coordinates: 42°28′00″N 2°33′36″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	La Rioja
Comarca	Logroño
Government
• Mayor	Alberto Peso Hernáiz (PP)
Area
• Total	34.29 km2 (13.24 sq mi)
Elevation	433 m (1,421 ft)
Population  (2018)
• Total	3,108
Website	www.fuenmayor.org

Fires at the "Fiestas de Los Marchos" in December in Fuenmayor.

The town borders the Ebro river, the Basque-Aragonese freeway and railroad Logroño-Vitoria. Several industries and important warehouses have benefited from this strategic situation, which has also bolstered a constant increase of the population. There are 3,159 inhabitants.INE

Politics

List of mayors since the democratic elections of 1979

Term	Mayor	Political Party
1979–1983	César de Marcos	PSOE
1983–1987	César de Marcos	PSOE
1987–1991	César de Marcos	PSOE
1991–1995	Enrique Merino	PSOE
1995–1999	Enrique Merino	PSOE
1999–2003	Valentín Alonso	PSOE
2003–2007	Valentín Alonso	PSOE
2007–2011	Mª Carmen Arana Álvarez	PSOE
2011–2015	Mª Carmen Arana Álvarez	PSOE
2015–2019	Eduardo Abascal Falces/Alberto Peso Hernáiz	PSOE/PP
2019–2023	n/d	n/d
2023–	n/d	n/d

Places of interest

Religious Buildings

• Church of Santa María
• Hermitage of the Christ
• Hermitage of Carmen
• Hermitage of San Martín

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  Church of Santa María
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  Hermitage of the Christ
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  Hermitage of Carmen
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  Hermitage of San Martín

Civil Buildings

• Palace of Fernández Bazán, from the 17th century.^[1]
• Palace of the marquises of Terán, former headquarters of the Real Junta de Cosecheros.^[2]
• Renaissance palace in the Mayor Alta 20 street.^[3]
• Palace of Urban del Campo^[4]
• House Navajas.^[5]
• El Portalón, Renaissance palace of the beginning of the 18th century.^[6]
• Cinema Gran Coliseo, building from the thirties, first spanish cinema with hanging amphitheater and without columns in the stalls.

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  Palace of Fernández Bazán
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  Palace of the marquises of Terán
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  Renaissance palace, Mayor Alta 20
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  Palace of Urban del Campo

References

1. "Council of Fuenmayor: Palacio Fernández Bazán". Retrieved 17 September 2019.
2. "Council of Fuenmayor: Palacio de los Marqueses de Terán". Retrieved 17 September 2019.
3. "Council of Fuenmayor: Palacio Renacentista (Mayor Alta 20)". Retrieved 17 September 2019.
4. "Council of Fuenmayor: Palacio de los Urban del Campo". Retrieved 17 September 2019.
5. "Council of Fuenmayor: Casa Navajas". Retrieved 17 September 2019.
6. "Council of Fuenmayor: El Portalón". Retrieved 17 September 2019.

External links

• Council of Fuenmayor