Cuenca de Pamplona

Cuenca de Pamplona / Iruñerria
Country Spain
Autonomous community Navarre
CapitalPamplona
Municipalities
List
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Elevation
449 m (1,473 ft)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total
329,531
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

The Cuenca de Pamplona (Basque: Iruñerria) is a comarca in Navarre, Spain. The Spanish word cuenca means 'basin', referring to a 'territory surrounded of mountains or hills'.[1] The metropolitan area of Pamplona has expanded at the expense of the cereal producing surrounding countryside.[2]

  1. ^ Diccionario de la Real Academia Española (DRAE)
  2. ^ José María Jimeno Jurío (2006). Toponimia navarra: Cuenca de Pamplona: Cendea de Itza. Pamiela.