Aguilar del Río Alhama
Aguilar del Río Alhama is a village in the province and autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain. The municipality covers an area of and as of 2011 had a population of 549 people. It is located in a low altitude mountainous area, in the foothills of the Iberian System. It belongs to the region of Rioja Baja and is washed by the waters of the Alhama river. Location The municipality is located in the extreme southeast of La Rioja, in the foothills of the Sierra del Pelago. It is bordered to the north and east by Cervera del Rio Alhama, west (from N to S) by Valdemadera and Navajún, and to the south by four municipalities in Soria province (from W to E), Cigudosa, San Felices, Dévanos and Ágreda. History The earliest record of the municipality dates from the 12th century when it was incorporated into Castile in 1198. In 1269 Theobald II of Navarre included it in the jurisdiction of Viana and granted a weekly market on Tuesdays. In 1271 Henry I of Navarre ordered the residents of the village of Rio to relocate to the village to form a single municipality. In 1273 Pedro Sanchez de Monteagut, lord