Viana, Spain
Town and municipality in Navarre, Spain
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Viana is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain.[2] Cesare Borgia is buried there.[3]
Viana | |
|---|---|
Town and municipality | |
 The main church in Viana, Navarra | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Interactive map of Viana | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Community | Navarre |
| Merindad | Estellerria |
| Comarca | Estella Occidental |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Luis Murguiondo (Socialist Party of Navarre) |
| Area | |
• Total | 78.62 km2 (30.36 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 469 m (1,539 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 4,441 |
| • Density | 56.49/km2 (146.3/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Basque: vianar Spanish:vianés, -a |
| Postal code | 31230 |
Viana is on the French Way path of the Camino de Santiago.
Demography
Notable people
- Juan Vélaz de Medrano, founder of the oldest hereditary mayorazgo in Viana in 1437, the Vélaz de Medrano majorat.[5]
- José Antonio Lacayo de Briones y Palacios, born there in 1679,[6] was Governor of Costa Rica (1713 to 1717) and Nicaragua (1740 to 1745) during Spanish colonial times.[7][8]
- Francisco Gonzalez de Ibarra, a missionary active in Southern California between 1820 and 1840, was a native of Viana,[9] born there in 1782.[10]
- Jesús Elizalde Sainz de Robles (1907-1980), Carlist politician
