Peralta (
Basque: ''Azkoien'') is a town and
municipality located in the province and autonomous community of
Navarre
Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...
, northern
Spain. It is located 59.5 km from
Pamplona, and is on the River
Arga, a tributary of the Aragon River which itself flows into the
Ebro. The population in 2020 was 5951 (
INE) inhabitants. Peralta is one of twenty-seven municipalities that make up the
Merindad de Olite
''Merindad'' () is a Mediaeval Spanish administrative term for a country subdivision smaller than a province but larger than a municipality. The officer in charge of a merindad was called a merino, roughly equivalent to the English ''count'' or ...
in the southern part of Navarre.
Symbology
Flag
The flag's description:
''It's formed by a cloth of 2/3 proportion, red with the shield of the municipality in the center.''
Shield
The
Escutcheon
Escutcheon may refer to:
* Escutcheon (heraldry), a shield or shield-shaped emblem, displaying a coat of arms
* Escutcheon (furniture), a metal plate that surrounds a keyhole or lock cylinder on a door
* (in medicine) the distribution of pubic ha ...
of the municipality of Peralta has the following
blazon:
''A bridge of gold arches on a river, with a tower of the same material''
Geography
Location
It's located in the south part of the
Foral Community of Navarre
Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...
. It has an area of 89 km² and has its limit with
Falces (North),
Marcilla
Marcilla ( eu, Martzilla) is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain.
Its population was at 2,821 inhabitants as of 2016.
Marcilla castle was built by Pedro de Peralta y Ezpeleta, fath ...
(East),
Funes (South) and
Azagra
Azagra is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto ...
(West)
Relief and hydrology
It's located in a zone formed by calize. Its river is
River Arga.
Demography
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Notable citizens
*
Miguel Irigaray Gorría (1850-1903), politician
*
Emilio Rodríguez Irazusta (1860-1919), inventor of the National Identity Document, a square is dedicated to him near to the church.
*
Santos Jorge, musician and composer of national anthem of
Panama.
*
Carlos Zalduendo
Carlos Zalduendo (French: ''Charles Zalduendo'') (born in Peralta, 17 August 1952) is a French former rugby league footballer and the chairman of the Toulouse Olympique club.
Between 2012 and 2016, he was president of the French Rugby Leagu ...
, France
rugby league International, former president of the French Rugby League Federation et former president of
Toulouse Olympique.
References
External links
Ayuntamiento de PeraltaPERALTA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)
Municipalities in Navarre
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