Cuenca de Pamplona

Cuenca de Pamplona / Iruñerria
Country Spain
Autonomous community Navarre
CapitalPamplona
Municipalities
List
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Elevation
449 m (1,473 ft)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total329,531
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

The Cuenca de Pamplona (Basque: Iruñerria) is a comarca in Navarre, Spain. The Spanish word cuenca means 'basin', referring to a 'territory surrounded of mountains or hills'.[1] The metropolitan area of Pamplona has expanded at the expense of the cereal producing surrounding countryside.[2]

Municipalities

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Ansoáin, Aranguren, Barañáin, Belascoáin, Beriáin, Berrioplano, Berriozar, Bidaurreta, Burlada, Ciriza, Cizur, Echarri, Egüés, Etxauri, Galar, Goñi, Huarte, Iza, Juslapeña, Noáin - Valle de Elorz, Ollo, Olza, Orcoyen, Pamplona, Tiebas-Muruarte de Reta, Villava – Atarrabia, Zabalza and Zizur Mayor/Zizur Nagusia.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Diccionario de la Real Academia Española (DRAE)
  2. ^ José María Jimeno Jurío (2006). Toponimia navarra: Cuenca de Pamplona: Cendea de Itza. Pamiela.

42°47′N 1°43′W / 42.783°N 1.717°W / 42.783; -1.717