Arija

Arija
Municipality and town
Aerial view of Arija, 2006
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Coordinates: 42°59.65′N 3°56.68′W / 42.99417°N 3.94467°W / 42.99417; -3.94467
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castile and León
Province	Burgos
Comarca	Las Merindades
Government
• Mayor	Pedro Saiz Peña (PP)
Area
• Total	7.02 km2 (2.71 sq mi)
Elevation	842 m (2,762 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	126
• Density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	09570
Website	http://www.arija.es/

Arija is a small town and municipality in the Province of Burgos, located to the north of the provincial capital Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon, Spain. The town's history dates back more than thousand years. Is divided into 'neighborhood above' and 'neighborhood below' or 'Vilga'. It consisted of the Santa Gadea de Alfoz. The most important person of arija is Adrián Cuesta, who is the champion of the Olimpic Games of Barcelona

The recent history of Arija is linked to the factory of Cristalería Española S.A., that in 1906 settled in the lands of Arija. A French company of the Saint-Gobain Emporium, founded in 1665 by royal privilege of Luis XIV, was specialized in the manufacture of flat glass. This town is now situated on de artificial lake of "Embalso del Ebro" when the Ebro river was dammed.

References

External links

• Arija wiki, with a Photographic File about Cristalería Española glass factory - 1906 (Saint Gobain Glass Group), and the Dam of the Ebro river.

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