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Echavacoiz, Pamplona — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Echavacoiz is a district on the outer edge of Pamplona, close to Cizur Mayor, Cizur Menor and Barañain and their parish churches.
About Echavacoiz
Where to stay in Echavacoiz
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Stays here run practical. Echavacoiz suits travellers who want a base off the centre, with the parish ground of Cizur Menor and Barañain nearby and the rest of Pamplona reached along the roads leaving the district. Space is the trade.
If you are visiting the Iglesia de los Sanjuanistas or the Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés Apóstol, you can work outward from here without crossing the city twice.
About Echavacoiz
What are the main landmarks in Echavacoiz?
Church towers do the marking around Echavacoiz, from the Iglesia de los Sanjuanistas and the Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés Apóstol to the Church of San Andrés a short way beyond the district line in Cizur Mayor. Two more stand close. The Iglesia parroquial de Cizur Menor holds the parish of that village, and the Romanian Orthodox Church of San Miguel Arcángel gives Barañain a second dedication.
What is the history of Echavacoiz?
The parishes came before the streets. Dedications to San Andrés recur on either side of the district line, at the Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés Apóstol and again at the Church of San Andrés in Cizur Mayor, while the Iglesia de los Sanjuanistas keeps the name of the Order of Saint John. Boundaries stayed put.
Cizur Menor and Barañain remain municipalities in their own right, and Echavacoiz belongs to Pamplona, a split the parish map still shows.
Where is Echavacoiz?
The district occupies the outer rim of Pamplona, its streets running out until they end against the municipal ground of Barañain, Cizur Menor and Cizur Mayor.
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Updated August 2026