[3] It was founded on April 8, 1959, as Bardena del Caudillo, due to its foundation during Franco's dictatorship and as a plan of the Instituto Nacional de Colonización (INC); at first it was intended to be baptized as El Saso in homage to the land near the area.

At the same time, other colonization villages such as El Bayo or Santa Anastasia were also inaugurated, and the Bardenas Canal and the Yesa Reservoir were built.

Over the years, Bardenas became a village where to develop a life with a total of 220 houses built.

It also has a nursery school, social center, church and parish house, as well as a public swimming pool and a grass soccer field.

[1][2] Its name derives from the Aragonese word pardina > bardina > bardena, construction or fenced farmland.