Arrabalde

Arrabalde municipality
Arrabalde - Church
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Zamora
Comarca :	Benavente y Los Valles
Coordinates	42 ° 6 ′  N , 5 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 6 ′  N , 5 ° 54 ′  W
Height :	774  msnm
Area :	15.77 km²
Residents :	216 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	13.7 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	49696
Municipality number  ( INE ):	49015
administration
Website :	Arrabalde

Arrabalde is a northern Spanish town and municipality ( municipio ) with 216 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Zamora in the autonomous community of Castile-León .

location

Arrabalde is located on the banks of the Eria River at an altitude of about 775 meters above sea level. d. M. The distance to Benavente is about 24 kilometers (driving distance) in a south-easterly direction; the city of Astorga is about 50 kilometers northwest.

Population development

year	1960	1970	1981	1991	2000	2014
Residents	826	634	513	464	391	262

In the 19th century the population of the community was mostly well over 1,000 people. However, due to the mechanization of agriculture , jobs were lacking, which drove the rural exodus.

economy

Until the middle of the 20th century, most of the community's residents lived on farming and livestock farming as self-sufficient farmers . In the last decades of the 20th century, hunting and fishing tourism was added as a source of income; in addition, many vacant houses are rented out as holiday apartments ( casas rurales ).

history

The remains of a megalithic stone grave from around 3500 to 4000 BC can be found in the municipality . Chr .; Another important grave find comes from the Celtic or Celtiberian times. Romans, Visigoths and Moors were probably also in the area, but left only scant archaeological traces. The parish church dates from the 15th and 16th centuries. Century.

Attractions

Dolmen Casetón de los Moros

Celtic fibula

• The Casetón de los Moros called Dolmen is located approximately one kilometer north of the town. The capstones and the mound of earth above ( tumulus ) have long since disappeared; only five orthostats in the burial chamber are original, the other stones were added based on the excavation findings. As usual, the corridor faces southeast, i.e. in the direction of sunrise at the time of the winter solstice . The monument is one of the few testimonies from the time of the megalithic cultures in the province of Zamora; the others are also found in the Carpurias Hills.
• The fortified settlement of Castro de Las Labradas , located about one kilometer southwest of the town, dates from the Celtic period (approx. 600 to 150 BC) . In 1980 and 1988 excavations were carried out there, during which a gilded bronze brooch came to light. It is now in the Museo de Zamora in Zamora .
• The parish church ( Iglesia de San Salvador ) is a 15th or 16th century building made of rubble stones. It has a semicircular windowless apse , a bell gable ( espadaña ) accessible via a stone staircase and an open vestibule supported by wooden pillars ( portico ) on the north side.

Web links

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

• Arrabalde, Dolmen - Photos + Info (Spanish)
• Arrabalde, Castro de Las Labradas - Photos + Info (Spanish)
• Arrabalde, church - 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).