Foncea is a municipality of the autonomous community of

La Rioja La Rioja () is an autonomous community and province in Spain, in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. Its capital is Logroño. Other cities and towns in the province include Calahorra, Arnedo, Alfaro, Haro, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and N� ...

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). It is located in northeast of the province, near to the Montes Obarenes. It depends on the judicial district of Haro. The first documental mention of Foncea was in 952 in some donations deeds. Foncea is also a non common Spanish

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which origin is probably related with the municipality of Foncea, although this relation have not been proved. Persons with this surname lived principally in

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and

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Notable people

* Ángel Casimiro de Govantes, historian.

References

Municipalities in La Rioja (Spain) {{LaRiojaES-geo-stub