Avinyonet de Puigventós

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Avinyonet de Puigventós municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Catalonia
Province : Girona
Comarca : Alt Empordà
Coordinates 42 ° 15 ′  N , 2 ° 55 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 15 ′  N , 2 ° 55 ′  E
Height : 70  msnm
Area : 12.45 km²
Residents : 1,610 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 129.32 inh / km²
Municipality number  ( INE ): 17012
administration
Official language : Castilian , Catalan
Website : Avinyonet de Puigventós

Avinyonet de Puigventós is a place and a municipality ( municipi ) with 1,610 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Girona in the autonomous region of Catalonia . It is located in the Comarca Alt Empordà .

location

The place Avinyonet de Puigventós is located at an altitude of about 70 meters above sea level. d. M. near an approx. 132 meter high natural elevation ( Puig Ventós ) about 31 kilometers (driving distance) south of the Spanish-French border town Le Perthus in the immediate vicinity of the Catalan city of Figueres . The provincial capital Girona is a further 47 kilometers to the south.

Population development

year 1960 1970 1981 1990 2000 2014
Residents 411 369 356 391 618 1,581

In the 19th century the community had mostly around 650 inhabitants. The phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the mechanization of agriculture led to the loss of jobs in the first half of the 20th century and a continuous decline in the number of inhabitants to the lows in the 1970s and 1980s. The resurgence in population is due to the overall positive economic development in Catalonia.

economy

Agriculture and viticulture are the main livelihoods of the inhabitants. Since the 1960s, tourism has become an integral part of the economy.

history

Some small Neolithic finds were made in the municipality; the remains of a country estate ( villa rustica ) date from Roman times . In documents of the 10th century the place was called Sant Esteve de Manibulo or Sant Esteve de Manol ; the current name Avinyonet is only found in documents of the county Besalú from the years 1090 and 1107. Two decades later (1128) the place and its castle were conquered by the counts of Empúries . A papal bull from 1176 confirmed that the church of Sant Esteve d'Avinyó belonged to the abbey of Santa Maria de Vilabertran, about five kilometers to the northeast .

Culture and sights

Església de Sant Esteve
  • The single nave local parish church ( Església de Sant Esteve ) was originally a Romanesque building of the 11th or 12th century; but it was in the 15th century into a fortified church with a sloped base area, a walkway beneath the eaves rebuilt and almost windowless walls - because of its fortress-like appearance and its location within a former fort a Coming of the Knights Templar is the frequently than in construction Castell referred . Deviating from the usual orientation of a medieval church, the entrance is in the east and the altar in the west.
  • Immediately next to the church are the remains of the old building to come.
  • About one kilometer south of the village is the originally Romanesque chapel of the Ermita de Santa Eugènia , which was rebuilt in the 17th century, with a simple bell gable ( espadanya ).
  • Also outside are the massive foundation walls of a previously unidentified structure ( El Castellot ), which could have been an outpost of the Templar Castle.
  • In the area there are several stone huts made of dry stone masonry ( cabanas ), which were mostly used as shelter for guards shortly before the grape harvest; later shepherds may also have used the buildings.

Town twinning

Web links

Commons : Avinyonet de Puigventós  - 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).