Aldeanueva del Camino

Aldeanueva del Camino municipality
Aldeanueva del Camino - Roman milestone (miliarium) and old house
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Extremadura
Province :	Cáceres
Comarca :	Valle del Ambroz
Coordinates	40 ° 15 ′  N , 5 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 15 ′  N , 5 ° 56 ′  W
Height :	525  msnm
Area :	20.05 km²
Residents :	735 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	36.66 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	10740
Municipality number  ( INE ):	10015
administration
Website :	Aldeanueva del Camino

Aldeanueva del Camino is a western Spanish town and municipality ( municipio ) with 735 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Cáceres in the extreme north of the autonomous region of Extremadura near the border with Castile-León .

location

The place Aldeanueva del Camino is on the Río Ambroz at an altitude of about 525  m . The distance to the lovely town of Hervás is about 8 km (driving distance) in an easterly direction; the city of Béjar in the neighboring province of Castile-León is only about 28 km to the northeast. The climate is temperate; Rain (approx. 500 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	1,299	1,842	2,108	785	754

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

economy

For centuries, the residents of the village lived largely on self-sufficiency from the produce of the small fields and gardens, but above all from cattle breeding. Today fruit and vegetable cultivation (especially paprika) and forestry play the most important roles in the economic life of the municipality; in addition, tourism only plays a subordinate role as a source of income.

history

The region belonged to the settlement area of ​​the Celtic tribe of the Vettones and was occupied by the Romans in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. Conquered. Since the square was on Via de la Plata , they may have founded a military camp ( castrum ) here . Visigoths and Moors have left no traces in the municipality and so the actual history of the place begins only after the recapture ( reconquista ) and resettlement ( repoblación ) the area in the 12th and 13th centuries. In the late Middle Ages, the place was temporarily divided into two parts and consisted of two parishes - the northeast was within the sphere of influence of the Zuñiga family, who were appointed dukes of Béjar in 1485 ; the southwest belonged to the diocese of Coria . At the beginning of the 19th century, Aldeanueva suffered from the Napoleonic occupation forces . In the course of the territorial reform of 1833, the place came to the Extremadura region as a whole .

Attractions

Roman bridge and street in town

• The plastered and whitewashed house facades correspond more to the construction in the south of the Iberian Peninsula . Quarry stone walls actually only appear on the bell towers (campanarios) of the two parish churches, but here too the outer walls of the nave are largely plastered and painted with joints .
• The so-called Roman bridge (puente romano) over the Río Ambroz with its medieval pavement and high side parapet walls is one of the few sights in the village, but it dates back to the 15th and 16th centuries. Century.
• A Roman milestone found nearby is now placed in the center of the village.
• The two single-nave parish churches (Nuestra Señora del Olmo and San Servando) are rather inconspicuous buildings from the 15th and 16th centuries. Century with later changes.

Web links

Commons : Aldeanueva del Camino  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Aldeanueva del Camino and surroundings - photos + 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. ↑ Aldeanueva del Camino - climate tables
3. ↑ Aldeanueva del Camino - population development
4. ↑ Aldeanueva del Camino - History
5. ↑ Aldeanueva del Camino - Sights