Ortigosa de Cameros

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Municipality in La Rioja, Spain

42°10′33″N 2°42′18″W / 42.17583°N 2.70500°W / 42.17583; -2.70500Country

SpainAutonomous community

La RiojaComarcaCamero NuevoGovernment

• MayorCarlos González Ortega (Unión de Ciudadanos Independientes UCIN)Area

• Total33.02 km² (12.75 sq mi)Elevation

1,061 m (3,481 ft)Population

(2018)^[1]

• Total246Demonym(s)ortigosano, naPostal code

26124

Websitewww.ortigosadecameros.org

Ortigosa de Cameros is a village, one of 174 municipalities of the province and autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain. Its name comes from the Latin word urtica, which in Spanish is ortiga, which is ' nettle ' in English. The title “de Cameros,” is shared with other nearby villages. It is one of the municipalities of Camero Neuvo, one of the 12 comarcas or regions of La Rioja. (The Comarcas of Spain article explains the comarcas.) The municipality covers an area of 35.26 square kilometres (13.61 sq mi) and as of 2011 had a population of 282 people.^[2] Its economic activity is based mainly on livestock, forestry, timber industry and rural tourism. Its patron saint is the Virgen del Carmen, whose feast is celebrated on July 16 .

Politics

List of mayors since the democratic elections of 1979
Term	Mayor	Political Party
1979–1983	Enrique Saez de la Merced	UCD
1983–1987	Carlos Gonzalez Ortega	PR
1987–1991	Mª Asunción Beamonte San Agustín	Independent
1991–1995	Lucilio Noval Martínez	PSOE
1995–1999	Carlos Gonzalez Ortega	PP
1999–2003	Lucilio Noval Martínez	PSOE
2003–2007	Lucilio Noval Martínez	PSOE
2007–2011	Óscar Noval Martínez	PP
2011–2015	Elías Cabrera Aragón	PP
2015–2019	Carlos Gonzalez Ortega	Independent
2019–2023	n/d	n/d
2023–	n/d	n/d

Main sights

Religious buildings

Parish church of St Martin
Saint Michael church
Saint Felix hermitage
Saint Lucy hermitage
Buen suceso parish church

Civil buildings

View of the Alberco river from the iron bridge.

"La Casa Grande"
The iron bridge
The concrete bridge

References

^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ "La Rioja: Población por municipios y sexo:Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero de 2011". Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 28 May 2012.