Nestares is a village in the province and autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 21.61 square kilometres (8.34 sq mi) and as of 2011 had a population of 81 people.[2]

Nestares
Skyline of Nestares
Skyline of Nestares
Coat of arms of Nestares
Nestares is located in La Rioja, Spain
Nestares
Nestares
Location within La Rioja.
Nestares is located in Spain
Nestares
Nestares
Nestares (Spain)
Coordinates: 42°16′10″N 2°37′09″W / 42.26944°N 2.61917°W / 42.26944; -2.61917
Country Spain
Autonomous community La Rioja
ComarcaCamero Nuevo
Government
 • MayorFrancisco Javier Hurtado Justo (PSOE)
Area
 • Total21.61 km2 (8.34 sq mi)
Elevation
861 m (2,825 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total86
Demonym(s)nestariego, ga
Postal code
26110
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Places of interest

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Church of St. Martin.

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Church of St. Martin. Built in the early sixteenth century and enlarged in the XVIII, has a nave divided into three sections including a square head lower and narrower. The choir is placed on a ribbed tercelete and presents a seating for 14 seats, and an eighteenth-century rococo organ. The sacristy has a domed cover on scallops and has a crucifix inside classicist of the second quarter of the seventeenth century . The altarpiece presents images of San Pedro, San Martin and San Pablo . At the top stands a life-size Asunción.

Ermita de la Virgen de Manojar

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It is situated on a hill near the village. The building is constructed in brick masonry and protected by a masonry wall facing the open door. It has a nave of three bays covered with groin vaults supported on arches perpiñanos Tuscan batteries.

Ermita de San Bartolomé

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Located 2.5 km northwest of the town, accessed by the track which connects with the Sierra de Moncalvillo .

References

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  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ "La Rioja: Población por municipios y sexo:Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero de 2011". Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 28 May 2012.