Villava – Atarrabia

Villava (Basque: Atarrabia) is a toun an municipality locatit in the province an autonomous commonty o Navarre, northren Spain. The population is aboot 10,000, an the toun is locatit 4 km awa frae Pamplona, the caipital o Navarre. The veelage wis foondit in 1184 bi King Sancho VI the bricht o Navarre. For several hunderyears, Villava wis juist a little toun, but in the 1960s, it grew considerably an became a important industrial suburb o Pamplona. The aurie o the toun is smaw (juist 1 square km), an due tae this fact it is no expectit tae continue growin. It haes a muckle industrial aurie dedicatit mainly tae the paper industry, informatics an bus assembly.

Villava
Municipality
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Villava Location in Spain
Coordinates: 42°49′51″N 1°36′31″W
Kintra	Spain
Autonomous commonty	Navarre
Province	Navarre
Comarca	Cuenca de Pamplona
Govrenment
• Mayor	Pedro Gastearena García (Bildu)
Area
• Total	1 km2 (0.4 sq mi)
Elevation (AMSL)	430 m (1,410 ft)
Population  (2012)
• Total	10,496
• Density	10,000/km2 (27,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2))
Postal code	31610
Area code(s)	+34 (Spain) + 948 (Navarre)
Website	Town Hall

Alumni

Villava is weel kent as the birthplace o the famous cyclist Miguel Indurain, who stairtit his career in the local team, the Club Ciclista Villavés.

Freemit airtins

• VILLAVA/ATARRABIA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spaingie)
• Villava's toun haw wabsteid