Azofra, Spain

Municipality in La Rioja, Spain

42°25′26″N 2°48′03″W / 42.42389°N 2.80083°W / 42.42389; -2.80083Country

SpainAutonomous community

La RiojaComarcaNájeraGovernment

• AlcaldeErnesto Álvarez Fernández (PP)Area

• Total11.84 km² (4.57 sq mi)Elevation

559 m (1,834 ft)Population

(2018)^[1]

• Total200 • Density17/km² (44/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CET)Websitehttp://www.azofra.org/36 km to Logroño

Azofra is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of La Rioja, Spain.

Etymology

The name Azofra appeared in 1199, in a papal bull that conceded privileges to the Monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla. According to Asín,^[2] it derives from the Arabic as-suxra, "the tribute", that would record the form in which someone obtained property or the function discharged.^[3]

References

^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ Asín, 1944, 80
^ Ranz Yubero, José Antonio; de los Mozos, José Ramón López (2002), "Topónimos riojanos del patrimonio emilianense en una bula de 1199. (Archivo de San Millán M. 41-52)", Berceo (in Spanish), no. 142, pp. 65–76, ISSN 0210-8550