Arrubal

Arrúbal municipality
Arrúbal - town view
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	La Rioja
Province :	La Rioja
Comarca :	Logroño
Coordinates	42 ° 26 ′  N , 2 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 26 ′  N , 2 ° 15 ′  W
Height :	355  msnm
Area :	7.35 km²
Residents :	506 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	68.84 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	26151
Municipality number  ( INE ):	26019
administration
Website :	Arrubal

Iglesia de San Salvador

Arrúbal is a place and a municipality (municipio) with 506 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the northern Spanish autonomous region of La Rioja . The municipality belongs to the wine-growing region of the Rioja Baja and was part of the neighboring municipality of Agoncillo until 1952 .

Location and climate

Arrúbal is located in the Ebro Valley in the northeast of the Spanish autonomous region of La Rioja, almost 20 km east of Logroño at an altitude of about 355  m . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 500 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2019
Residents	-	-	-	404	506

The phylloxera crisis in viticulture, the increasing mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms have led to increased unemployment since the middle of the 20th century and, as a result, to a migration of many families to the larger cities ( rural exodus ).

economy

In earlier centuries, many of the city's residents lived directly or indirectly (as craftsmen and tradespeople) from farming in the area as self-sufficient . Viticulture , which has been practiced since Roman times , gained in importance, especially in the 19th century, when French winemakers settled in the Ebro Valley to produce wines based on the French model.

history

Neolithic and Iron Age finds were not made in the municipality; Roman , Visigoth and Moorish traces are also missing. The first mention of the name comes from a document dated 1056, in which the local landlord, the basic rule (señorío) about Agoncillo and the place Castello Rubio said some 150 km eastern San Juan de la Peña bequeathed. In the 14th century the place belonged to the Señorío de Cameros , but their family died out in 1332. In 1337, Rodrigo acquired Alfonso de Medrano, an officer of the crossbowmen (ballesteros) in the army of Alfonso XI. of Castile the place; his descendants remained the landlords until all landlords were abolished in 1812. In 1834 the place came from the province of Burgos to the newly created province of Logroño , from which in 1980 the autonomous region of La Rioja emerged.

Sights and culture

• The Iglesia de San Salvador , built from rubble and stone, was built in the 16th century. The portal frame as well as parts of the choir area (coro) and the bell tower (campanario) were added in the 17th century. The interior of the church has a single nave and is covered by rib vaults. The main altar contains scenes of the crucifixion , the resurrection and the ascension of Christ .

literature

• Felipe Abad León: Arrúbal. Historia de un Pueblo Esforzado. Logroño 2002.

Web links

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

• Arrúbal, tourism site - 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. ↑ Arrúbal - climate tables
3. ↑ Arrúbal - Population Development
4. ↑ Arrúbal - Church
5. ↑ Arrúbal - Church (video)