Arandilla (Burgos)

Arandilla municipality
Arandilla - the site
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	Ribera del Duero
Coordinates	41 ° 44 ′  N , 3 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 44 ′  N , 3 ° 26 ′  W
Height :	887  msnm
Area :	26.68 km²
Residents :	160 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	6 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09410
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09019
administration
Website :	Arandilla

Arandilla is a northern Spanish city and a municipality ( municipio ) with only 160 inhabitants (at January 1, 2019) in the southern Spanish province of Burgos in the autonomous region of Castilla-Leon . The place belongs to the poorly populated region of the Serranía Celtibérica .

Location and climate

The place Arandilla is about 100 km (driving distance) southeast of the provincial capital Burgos on the northwest bank of the Río Arandilla at an altitude of about 890  m . The next larger town, Peñaranda de Duero , is about 8 km (driving distance) in a south-westerly direction. It is a further 18 km to the west to Aranda de Duero . The listed town of Coruña del Conde (5 km northeast) is also worth seeing . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 490 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	320	461	552	206	164

The mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms have led to a significant decline in the number of inhabitants since the middle of the 20th century.

economy

The small town was and is largely characterized by agriculture; Mainly wheat and barley are grown . The place is part of the Ribera del Duero wine region . Since the middle of the 20th century, tourism in the form of renting out holiday homes (casas rurales) has been an important source of income for the municipality.

history

There are no traces of Celtic , Roman , Visigoth and even Moorish settlement. The place is likely in the course of the resettlement or new settlement ( repoblación ) after the reconquest ( reconquista ) of the areas north of the Duero in 10/11. Century.

Attractions

Ermita San Isidro

• The single nave Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción dates from the 17th / 18th centuries. Century and is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary . It has a two-part bell gable ( espadaña ) with ornamental obelisks .
• The former hermit chapel (Ermita San Isidro) is made of mostly barely worked rubble stones and is located on a hill above the village. The oldest component is the west tower, which originally served as a watchtower . Already in the 12th century was the - - covered by an open roof nave (nature) added, the portal is as usual in the region on the south side. The almost square apse , made of larger and even stones, is a little younger because it is higher and supported on the outside by buttresses .
• There are some rock cellars ( bodegas ) on the mountainside below the Ermita .

Web links

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

• Arandilla - photos + info (wikiburgos, spanish)
• Arandilla - Photos

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. ↑ Arandilla - climate tables
3. ^ Arandilla - population development