Abades (Segovia)

Abades parish
Abades - the village with the Iglesia de San Lorenzo
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and Leon
Province :	Segovia
Coordinates	40 ° 55 ′  N , 4 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 55 ′  N , 4 ° 16 ′  W
Height :	970  msnm
Area :	31.98 km²
Residents :	848 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	26.52 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	40141
Municipality number  ( INE ):	40001
administration
Website :	Abades

Ermita de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios

Abades is a place and a municipality (municipio) with 848 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the central Spanish province of Segovia in the autonomous region of Castile and León .

Location and climate

The place Abades is in the Castilian Meseta at an altitude of approx. 970  m just under 18 km (driving distance) southwest of the city of Segovia . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 445 mm / year) falls throughout the year, with the exception of the dry summer months.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	884	894	1,112	848	864

The mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the resulting loss of jobs have led to a - albeit small - decline in the population since the middle of the 20th century ( rural exodus ).

economy

Abades is traditionally agriculture-oriented, but small traders, craftsmen and service providers have also settled in the village. Tourism in the form of renting holiday apartments (casas rurales) hardly plays an economic role in the endlessly flat landscape of the Meseta.

history

Celtic , Roman , Visigoth and even Moorish traces have not yet been discovered. The first mention of the place name comes from the year 1108. Later the place belonged to the Villa y Tierra de Segovia . The local church was built in the late 17th century; nothing is known of a previous medieval building.

Attractions

• The parish church of San Lorenzo Mártir is a single-nave building with a domed crossing and a transept . The high windows are included in a stucco cap vault . The church contains several baroque altarpieces (retablos) . The organ dates from 1698.
• The Ermita de la Soledad is in the middle of town.
• The Ermita de San Sebastián is located near the cemetery.

Surroundings

• The Ermita de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios , built in the 15th century and with a two-part bell gable (espadaña) , is about two kilometers outside the town ; the small pillar-supported porch was added in 1752. The spheres on the corners of the structure and on the bell gable are remarkable .

Web links

Commons : Abades (Segovia)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Abades, sights - photos + brief information (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
2. ↑ Abades - climate tables
3. ^ Abades - population development
4. ↑ Abades - story