Valle de Egüés (, ) is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
of
Navarre
Navarre ( ; ; ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre, is a landlocked foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Autonomous Community, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and New Aquitaine in France. ...
, Spain, in the
metropolitan area
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of
Pamplona
Pamplona (; ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Navarre, Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain.
Lying at near above sea level, the city (and the wider Cuenca de Pamplona) is located on the flood pl ...
. Its population is 19,014.
The valley comprises several settlements, some of them are actually suburbs of Pamplona and other completely rural villages. Some of them are seat of ', (
Alzuza,
Ardanaz,
Azpa,
Badostáin,
Egüés,
Elcano,
Elía,
Ibiricu,
Olaz and
Sagaseta), but others are just settlements without any administrative entity (
Echálaz,
Egulbati,
Eransus,
Gorráiz,
Ustárroz and
Sarriguren).
Gorraiz, Olaz, Alzuza, Egüés and partly also Badostain have grown as residential suburbs of single-family houses. Sarriguren is being developing as a residential suburb of apartment housing. There are also several industrial parks. Sarriguren is leading in Navarre the increasingly important sector of
renewable energy
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technologies; it is seat of the
National Center for Renewable Energies (CENER) and of
Acciona Energía. The
Museo Oteiza is in Alzuza.
, the direct descendant of
Miguel Indurain's Banesto team, is based in Egüés.
References
External links
Ayuntamiento del Valle de EgüésEGÜÉS in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)
Municipalities in Navarre
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