Autol

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Basic data
Autonomous Community : La RiojaLa Rioja La Rioja
Comarca : Comarca de Calahorra
Coordinates 42 ° 13 ′  N , 2 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 13 ′  N , 2 ° 0 ′  W
Height : 460  msnm
Area : 85.28 km²
Residents : 4,512 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 52.91 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 26560
Municipality number  ( INE ): 26021
administration
Website : Autol

Alfaro is a place and a northern Spanish municipality ( municipio ) with 4,512 inhabitants (at January 1, 2019) in the eastern part of the autonomous community of La Rioja .

Location and climate

The small town of Autol is located on the north bank of the Río Cidacos approx. 13 km (driving distance) south of Calahorra at an altitude of approx. 460  m ; the provincial capital Logroño is about 55 km to the northwest. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 525 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year 1857 1900 1950 2000 2017
Residents 2,616 2,856 3,456 3,668 4,507

As a result of the rural exodus as a result of the mechanization of agriculture , the number of urban residents has increased significantly since the beginning of the 20th century.

economy

The surrounding area and place were and are to a large extent agricultural, with viticulture and mushroom cultivation being of particular importance today. In the village there is a winery ( bodega ) and a fruit canning factory.

history

The area along the Río Cidacos was already visited by humans in prehistoric and Celtiberian times; in Roman times a road from Calahorra (Calagurris Julia) led into the hinterland. In the 8th century Arab-Moorish armies penetrated into the region; In the year 843 there was the "Battle of Tseima" in the municipality, in which the armies of the governor of Saragossa, allied with the Christians, fought on the one hand and those of the Cordobese emir Abd ar-Rahman II on the other. The first mention of the place name Abtole comes from the year 939; in the same year the area became temporarily Christian again as part of the Reconquista . Autol belonged successively to the Kingdom of Navarre (around 1076), the county of Castile (around 1115) and the Kingdom of Aragón (around 1134); from 1176 it finally belonged to Castile, but remained controversial for a long time.

Attractions

Ermita del Angel
  • The heavily eroded rocks in the vicinity of the place are particularly worth seeing.
  • One is crowned by a ruined castle (castillo) .
  • The Iglesia de San Adrián y de Santa Natalia originated in the 16th century; it houses a 13th century statue of Our Lady from the former Cistercian monastery of Santa Marín de Yerga .
Surroundings
  • The square scale and arcades surrounded Ermita del Angel dates back to the 18th century and is about 2 km north of the town.
  • Only ruins remain of the former Cistercian abbey of Santa Marín de Yerga .

Personalities

Web links

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

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. ↑ Autol - climate diagrams
  3. ^ Autol - population development
  4. ^ Autol - Economy
  5. ^ Autol history