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'''Bañares''' is a municipality of [[La Rioja (Spain)|La Rioja]], [[Spain]]. It is located in the [[comarca]] of Santa Domingo de la Calzada, some 45
Its economy is primarily based on [[agriculture]]. Especially in the cultivation of [[potato]], [[cereal]], [[beets]] and [[green beans]].
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[[File:Bañares - La Rioja (Spain) - Municipality Map.svg|220px|thumb|left|Municipal boundaries of Bañares.]]
The first references to the village of Bañares confirm its existence as early as 1051: (Scemeno Munioz de Cerratón{{efn|alternatively written as Jimeno Muñoz de Zarratón}} in his letter about a donation that he makes to [[Monasteries of San Millán de la Cogolla|Saint Millán]], when [[García Sánchez III of Navarre|Garsea]] was [[King of Pamplona]] in 1089,{{efn|The reference is to García Sánchez III of Navarre, and the year corresponds to 1051 [[Common Era|CE]] (the dating system followed in that period was the [[Spanish era]] which can be converted to the Common Era year by subtracting 38 years)}}
In the year 1133 [[Alfonso I the Battler|King Alfonso the Battler]], who ruled over La Rioja, donated to Pedro, Archdeacon and rector of the Church of
In 1157, on the plain of Valpierre, near Bañares, two battles were fought between the troops of [[Sancho III of Castile]] and [[Sancho III of Navarre]], the latter having tried to take advantage of the death of [[Alfonso VII of León and Castile|Alfonso VII]] to acquire Castilian territory.
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As of January 1, 2010 the population of the town rose to 321 inhabitants, 156 men and 165 women.
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{{legend|#88c2cc|[[Voting age population]] (1900-1991) or Resident population (2001) according to the [[National Institute of Statistics (Spain)|INE]] population census.}}
{{legend|#115cc3|Population according to the 2010 municipal register of [[National Institute of Statistics (Spain)|INE]].}}</small>}}
==Etymology==
In the [[papal bull]] of 1199 which granted privileges to the [[Monasteries of San Millán de la Cogolla]], it appears as "Bannares", with the collective suffix -ar and the [[Mozarabic language|Mozarabic]] feminine plural -es. The name of the place makes reference to [[Roman baths|baths]], widely used in the Roman period.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ranz Yubero|first1=José Antonio|last2=López de los Mozos|first2=José Ramón|title=Topónimos riojanos del patrimonio emilianense en una bula de 1199. (Archivo de San Millán M. 41-52)|journal=Berceo|date=2002|volume=142|issue=1|pages=
[[File:Panorámica Bañares.jpg|700px|center|thumb|View of Bañares]]
== Tourism ==
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=== Buildings and monuments ===
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== Festivals ==
* The fiesta in honor of St. Formerio is celebrated on the third weekend of August. These include religious ceremonies, the [[running of the bulls]], [[rock concerts]] and a community meal held the last day in the beautiful La Salceda park.
* On the last Sunday of July, a day in honor of the Virgin of Antiquity (Spanish: La Virgen De La Antigua) is celebrated.
Their local holidays were celebrated at the end of September, after the [[harvest]]. They are in honor of St. Formerio, [[patron saint]] of the village.
The main attraction of these festivals are their processions that began the Day of Thanks, celebrated on September
Every day of the fiestas is celebrated by a procession, where the young people raise the patron saint in dance through many streets of the pueblo.
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The dances on the first two days are performed with [[castanets]], the dancers are eight or nine similarly dressed with somewhat different neckerchiefs or Cachiburrios. The chief attire is a white shirt and trousers with a red [[sash]], and colored ribbons across the body held in place by the sash. elbow patches with colored ribbons and the castanets also have colored ribbons sewn onto them. And on the shoulders, a [[shawl]] of bright colors. The shoes were white [[espadrilles]], with colored ribbons.
The dances with castanets have two rhythms - one that is danced throughout the procession; and another that takes place a few meters before entering the church that is danced at high speed over a short stretch of space as the dancers perform short steps very rapidly, this is performed in a corridor while the retinue of
On the second day of the festival, the dances are performed with sticks, that are called Troqueados. There are various dances of which the most picturesque are those called the dance of the Swords and the dance of the Professions. In the first a type of combat is carried out between two dancers, and subsequently between everyone at the battle scene, which ends with neither victor nor vanquished. In the dance of the Professions, as its own name indicates, is a dance in which everyone takes part and each in turn acts out a different job, such as tailor, shoemaker, blacksmith, violinist, flycatcher, etc.
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: going down the stairs
: with the bottle in my hand
: and cookies in the other.
: To these newlyweds
: we come to serenade them
: and to give them congratulations
: with all sincerity.
: To these newlyweds,
: we wish them good fortune
: and in about nine months
: may they have a child in the crib.
== Cuisine ==
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== Sports facilities ==
Municipal pelota court, swimming pools and soccer fields of the Salceda. In addition there is a tourist cycling route that runs along the old railroad track path included in the catalog of [[Rail trail|greenways]].
== See also ==
* [[List of Bien de Interés Cultural in the Province of La Rioja]]
* [[List of municipalities in La Rioja]]
* [[La Rioja (Spain)]]
==Notes==
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