Aldea de San Miguel

Aldea de San Miguel municipality
Aldea de San Miguel - San Miguel Church
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Valladolid
Comarca :	Tierra de Pinares
Coordinates	41 ° 28 ′  N , 4 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 28 ′  N , 4 ° 37 ′  W
Height :	742  msnm
Area :	19.93 km²
Residents :	224 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	11.24 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	47160
Municipality number  ( INE ):	47006
administration
Website :	Aldea de San Miguel

Aldea de San Miguel is a place and a Spanish municipality with 224 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Valladolid in the region of Castile and León .

location

The place Aldea de San Miguel is located in the Iberian Meseta almost 28 km (driving distance) southeast of Valladolid or a good 85 km north of Ávila at an altitude of about 740 m above sea level. d. The climate in winter is cold but rarely frosty, in summer it is warm to hot; the sparse rain (approx. 400 mm / year) falls over the whole year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2014
Residents	-	464	435	227	234

The continual population decline in the second half of the 20th century is mainly due to the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs.

economy

For centuries, the inhabitants lived mainly as self-sufficient farmers from agriculture, which also included a little cattle-raising (sheep, goats, chickens) and, to a lesser extent, viticulture. Any surpluses generated could be sold in the Valladolid markets.

history

Already in the 10th century, the united Leonese-Castilian armies under the leadership of the Castilian Count Fernán González conquered the depopulated areas south of the Duero, but the Moorish military leader Almansor destroyed the successes again at the end of the 10th century. After the final reconquest ( reconquista ) by Alfonso VI. At the end of the 11th century, the largely deserted area was repopulated; the place Aldea de San Miguel belonged to the Kingdom of León . After previous attempts, León finally united with the Kingdom of Castile in 1230 . The place experienced its heyday in the late Middle Ages and in the early modern period.

Attractions

Iglesia de Santiago Apóstol

• The Iglesia de San Miguel originated in the 13th or 14th century; from this time comes or the entirely of three floors arranged above one another brick - arcades existing apse in Mudéjarstil . The nave with its quarry stone field fillings is likely to be added at the same time or a few decades later. The bell tower, which is largely undivided in its upper part , in its current form probably dates from the 18th or 19th century. The nave is spanned by an 18th century vault that has replaced an older wooden structure. The inner walls of the apse were originally probably painted with frescoes, but these were later covered by the high altar from the 16th century.
• A stone cross from the 17th or 18th century stands on a stepped round base in the square in front of the entrance portal of the church. One side of the cross shows Christ; the reverse shows, unusually, Mary with the baby Jesus.
• A former hospital with outer walls made of bricks and rubble is in a poor state of construction.
• The simple church of the Ermita de la Virgen de los Remedios is located a little south of the village.

Web links

Commons : Aldea de San Miguel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ Aldea de San Miguel - Map with altitude information
3. ↑ Aldea de San Miguel - Climate tables
4. ↑ Aldea de San Miguel - population development since 1900
5. ↑ Aldea de San Miguel - History
6. ↑ Aldea de San Miguel - Church of San Miguel
7. ↑ Aldea de San Miguel - Hermitage