Theme Week Navarre – Valle de Egüés
Friday, 25 November 2022 - 12:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General
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Egüés (
Spanish : Valle de Egüés,
Basque : Eguesibar) is a
municipality of
Navarre , Spain, in the
metropolitan area of
Pamplona . 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 concejo , (Alzuza , Ardanaz , Azpa , Badostáin , Egüés , Elcano , Elía , Ibiricu , Olaz and Sagaseta ), but other are just settlements without any administrative entity (Echálaz , Egulbati , Eransus , Gorráiz , Ustárroz and Sarriguren ).
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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 technologies; it is seat of the
National Center for Renewable Energies (CENER) and of
Acciona Energía . The
Museo Oteiza is in Alzuza.
Movistar Team , the direct descendant of
Miguel Indurain’s Banesto team, is based in Egüés.
Here you can find the complete
Overview of all Theme Weeks .
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