Mendavia is a town and

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located in the province and autonomous community of

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, northern

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. The Postal code is 31587. Mendavia is an agricultural town. It produces high-quality

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es and a certain variety of large red pepper. Roque Romero Sainz (died 1997), active promoter of

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in Spain between 1940 and 1970, was born in Mendavia in 1910. He was the founder of one of the rare baseball clubs in Spain, Pops CB, and became chairman of the Catalan Baseball Federation for a while.Baseball historical data

Local celebrations

* August 23–30, San Juan Bautista. * January 16, San Antón.

References

External links

MENDAVIA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)

Web del ayuntamiento de Mendavia
Municipalities in Navarre {{navarre-geo-stub