Nuevo Baztán

History

Nuevo Baztán was founded around 1709 in a mercantalist initiative to promote industrial development in Spain. The site chosen belonged to a locality called Olmeda. The name of the new development refers to the Goyeneche family's home town, Baztan in Navarre. Much of the construction was performed by Agotes imported from Navarre. The town housed factories producing among other things munitions and glassware. The Goyeneche family financed not only the palaces, churches, and factories, but also houses for the employees, many of whom were transplants from other regions of Spain. Glass production at Nuevo Baztán only lasted a few years because of difficulty in obtaining the necessary fuel supplies locally. Some employees relocated to La Granja de San Ildefonso near Segovia, where there was abundant timber and a demand for glass at a royal palace which was under construction in the 1720s. The other industries of Nuevo Baztán ceased production by the end of the 18th century. Newer housing has arisen around the 18th-century nucleus in the past decades, and the present town contains large modern developments, including Eurovillas, Las Villas de Nuevo Baztán, Monteacevedo, and El Mirador del Baztán.

Most-observed species

• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,940
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,636
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,276
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,206
• Spotless Starling

  Sturnus unicolor Temminck, 1820 · Aves
  2,118
• European Goldfinch

  Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,627
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,576
• European Serin

  Serinus serinus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,571

Most recent

• M 3.4 — 2013-11-05
  2 km SSE of Alcorcón, Spain
• M 3.5 — 2008-12-16
  2 km S of Monreal del Llano, Spain
• M 2.6 — 2008-06-21
  7 km SW of Guadalix de la Sierra, Spain
• M 3.5 — 2008-05-06
  5 km E of Tembleque, Spain
• M 2.9 — 2008-04-28
  Spain
• M 4.1 — 2008-04-28
  4 km ENE of Tembleque, Spain