Sorzano Explained

Official Name:Sorzano
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous community
Subdivision Type2:Comarca
Subdivision Name2:Rioja Media
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Leoncio Martínez Pascual (PP)
Area Total Km2:10.23
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CET
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:42.3425°N -2.5281°W
Pushpin Map:Spain La Rioja#Spain
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in La Rioja##Location in Spain
Elevation M:719
Footnotes:17 km to Logroño

Sorzano is a municipality of the autonomous community of La Rioja (Spain). It is located near the capital Logroño and has a population of 263 inhabitants as of January 2006. Sorzano also has 10.23 km extension.

History

In the testament of queen Doña Estefanía, widow of king García Sanchez III of Navarre (from Nájera), leaves to her son Don Sancho, with Viguera and other villages, like Soricano.

In 1070 the kings of Pamplona Don Sancho and Doña Placencia gave to the monastery of Saints Cosme and Damián the part of the tithes of his belonging in Viguera, Hornos, Entedigone (Entrena), and half mill of Solarana (Sorzano). All these villages are near Logroño.

Sorzano was village of Nalda until 1632.

Monuments