Valle de Egüés

Municipality in Navarre, Spain

42°49′35″N 1°33′15″W / 42.82639°N 1.55417°W / 42.82639; -1.55417Country SpainAutonomous Community NavarreProvinceNavarreComarcaCuenca de PamplonaGovernment • MayorJosé Antonio Mendive Rodríguez (UPN)Area • Total53.5 km² (20.7 sq mi)Elevation503 m (1,650 ft)Population • Total20,774 • Density390/km² (1,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2))Postal codeArea code+34 (Spain) + 948 (Navarre)WebsiteTown Hall

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 [es], (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).

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)^[2] 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.^[3]

References

External links

• Ayuntamiento del Valle de Egüés
• EGÜÉS in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)