Aguilar de Bureba

Aguilar de Bureba municipality
Aguilar de Bureba - town view
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	La Bureba
Coordinates	42 ° 35 ′  N , 3 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 35 ′  N , 3 ° 20 ′  W
Height :	690  msnm
Area :	9.45 km²
Residents :	58 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	6.14 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09249
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09007
administration
Website :	Aguilar de Bureba

Aguilar de Bureba is a place and a northern Spanish rural municipality ( municipio ) with only 58 inhabitants (at January 1, 2019) in the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon .

Location and climate

The place Aguilar de Bureba is located on the Río Anguilas, a tributary of the Río Oca , at an altitude of about 690  m on the "Corridor of La Bureba ", a connection between the upper Ebro Valley and the landscapes of the Duero, which was already used in the Stone Age . The provincial capital Burgos is about 50 km (driving distance) to the southwest; Briviesca , the next larger town, is approx. 5 km to the south. The climate in winter is harsh, but in summer it is temperate and warm; Rain (approx. 690 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	286	261	225	86	60

The mechanization of agriculture and the closure of smaller farms have led to a loss of jobs and thus to an exodus of people to the larger cities ( rural exodus ) since the 1950s .

economy

For centuries, the inhabitants of the community lived mainly from agriculture (agriculture, viticulture and small livestock farming) as a self-sufficient living ; only since the middle of the 20th century has it been produced for the national market. Tourism in the form of rental of holiday homes (casas rurales) has also played a certain role in the municipality's income since the 1960s.

history

The surroundings of the place were already known to the people of the Stone Age and Antiquity as a widely used connection route; Celts from the Autrigone tribe settled here, but neither they nor the Romans or the Visigoths left any traces. In the 8th and early 9th centuries, the area was under Islamic influence, but the area was neither permanently settled nor defended due to the unusually harsh climate. At the end of the 9th century, the Castilian Count Diego Rodríguez Porcelos received from King Alfons III. of Asturias the order to repopulate ( repoblación ) the depopulated area with Christians from the north or south of the Iberian Peninsula . The first mention of the place name can be found in the cartularios of the monastery of San Salvador of Oña from the 10th or 11th century.

Attractions

Iglesia Santa María la Mayor

The Iglesia Santa María la Mayor or Iglesia de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora , located on the top of a small hill, originally dates from the 12th century; however, it was slightly changed repeatedly in later times. The Romanesque apse is structured by pillars and pillars. The five-arched bell gable (espadaña) dates from the Baroque period . The Romanesque portal protected by a vestibule shows an alternation between white and red stones. The single-nave church has a transept ; the crossing dome is illuminated by a later placed lantern . Several capitals both outside and inside the church show mythical creatures. The furnishings include several baroque altarpieces (retablos) .

Web links

Commons : Aguilar de Bureba  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Aguilar de Bureba - Photos + Info (wikiburgos, 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. ↑ Aguilar de Bureba - climate tables
3. ↑ Aguilar de Bureba - population development
4. ↑ Aguilar de Bureba - History
5. ↑ Aguilar de Bureba - Church
6. ↑ Aguilar de Bureba - Church