Aldealpozo

Aldealpozo municipality
Aldealpozo - Church of San Juan Bautista
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Soria
Comarca :	Comarca de Campo de Gomara
Coordinates	41 ° 47 ′  N , 2 ° 12 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 47 ′  N , 2 ° 12 ′  W
Height :	1053  msnm
Area :	11.87 km²
Residents :	17 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	1.43 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	42111
Municipality number  ( INE ):	42011

Aldealpozo is an almost depopulated place with municipal status ( municipio ) with only 17 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the east of the province of Soria in the autonomous community of Castile-León . The Catholic parish belongs to the Diocese of Osma-Soria .

location

The place Aldealpozo is located in the plateau in the east of the province of Soria at an altitude of about 1050 meters above sea level. d. M. The distance to the western provincial capital Soria is approx. 25 kilometers (driving distance).

Population development

year	1960	1970	1981	1991	2001	2010
Residents	182	70	37	29	31	28

In the first half of the 20th century the community had between 200 and 300 inhabitants. The increasing mechanization of agriculture and the resulting loss of jobs have contributed to a large extent to the significant population decline in recent decades.

economy

For centuries, the place lived exclusively from the cultivation of grain, which was mainly operated for self-sufficiency ; livestock farming ( sheep , goats , chickens ) also took place to a small extent. Today agriculture (growing barley and wheat ) still plays the most important role in the economic life of the small community.

history

After the Arab-Moorish conquest , large areas in the north of the Iberian Peninsula were depopulated . In the 10th century began under the Castilian Count Gonzalo Téllez in the second half of the 11th century under Alfonso VI. Complete reconquest ( reconquista ), which culminated in the capture of the city of Toledo, about 250 kilometers to the southwest (1085). During this time, Aldealpozo was repopulated or repopulated ( repoblación ) by settlers from the north . In the Middle Ages, the northeastern part of the Spanish Way of St. James, coming from Catalonia ( Barcelona ) and running via Aragón ( Saragossa ) to Castile ( Burgos ), ran through the town.

Portal of the Iglesia San Juan Bautista

Attractions

The only sight of the street village Aldealpozo is the parish church of San Juan Bautista , built almost entirely from field stones ( mampostería ) . The undivided and unadorned tower with its rounded corners is assigned in its lower parts to a Moorish fortress ( kasbah ) from the 10th century; the bell storey - like the almost windowless church building - comes from the 12th or 13th century. The portal on the south side, which is stepped inwards twice, is made of precisely worked house stones; the portal zone, which protrudes slightly from the surrounding masonry, ends at the top with a non-figurative console frieze .

Web links

Commons : Aldealpozo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Aldealpozo, through town - video
• Aldealpozo, church - video

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).