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Villava
(
Basque
:
Atarrabia
) is a toun an
municipality
locatit in the province an autonomous commonty o
Navarre
, northren
Spain
. The population is aboot 10,000, an the toun is locatit 4 km awa frae
Pamplona
, the caipital o Navarre. The veelage wis foondit in 1184 bi King Sancho VI the bricht o Navarre. For several hunderyears, Villava wis juist a little toun, but in the 1960s, it grew considerably an became a important industrial suburb o Pamplona.
The aurie o the toun is smaw (juist 1 square km), an due tae this fact it is no expectit tae continue growin. It haes a muckle industrial aurie dedicatit mainly tae the paper industry, informatics an bus assembly.
Villava is weel kent as the birthplace o the famous cyclist
Miguel Indurain
, who stairtit his career in the local team, the Club Ciclista Villaves.
Coordinates
:
42°50′N
1°36′W
/
42.833°N 1.600°W
/
42.833; -1.600