Baños de Río Tobía

Baños de Río Tobía municipality
Baños de Río Tobía - town center with town hall
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	La Rioja
Comarca :	Anguiana
Coordinates	42 ° 20 ′  N , 2 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 20 ′  N , 2 ° 46 ′  W
Height :	575  msnm
Area :	17.59 km²
Residents :	1,579 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	89.77 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	26320
Municipality number  ( INE ):	26026
administration
Website :	Baños de Río Tobía

Baños de Río Tobía (sometimes the old name Bañuelos is also used) is a place and a municipality ( municipio ) with 1,579 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the west of the autonomous community of La Rioja in northern Spain . The municipality is part of the Rioja Alta wine-growing region .

Location and climate

The place Baños de Río Tobía is located about 1 km west of the Río Najerilla about 35 km southwest of the provincial capital Logroño at an altitude of about 575  m . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 545 mm / year) falls - with the exception of the summer months - over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2019
Residents	751	933	1,483	1,758	1,579

Despite the mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the resulting lower demand for labor, the population of the place has grown steadily since the middle of the 19th century.

economy

For centuries, the community was agriculturally oriented for the purpose of self-sufficiency , with livestock farming (milk, cheese, meat) in the foreground; The sheep's wool was used to make weaving products that could also be exchanged or sold in the markets of Logroño. Today mainly cattle breeding is practiced; in addition, grain, potatoes and vegetables are grown.

history

The place was built around a thermal bath that was already known in antiquity . Apart from small finds, there are no Roman , Visigoth and even Islamic-Moorish traces of settlement in the municipality. There can therefore be no question of a military reconquest ( reconquista ) of the area by the Christians. It is said that the mother of St. Dominikus von Silos from the area. The place name is first handed down in a document from the year 1020; In 1076 the place came into the possession of the nearby monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla , and later (1137) into the possession of the monastery of Santa María la Real de Nájera . In the later Middle Ages, the region was at times disputed between the kingdoms of Castile and Navarre . After the abolition of all manors (señorios) in 1811 and 1820, the area belonged to the province of Burgos and only came to the newly created province of Logroño in 1833, from which the region of La Rioja emerged in 1982.

Attractions

Baños de Río Tobía - Ermita del Rosario

• Nothing is left of the former castle (castillo) .
• The three-aisled Iglesia San Pelayo was built in the 16./17. Century; the rib vaults of the three naves are the same height ( hall church ). The back wall of the main altar (retablo) also dates from the Renaissance , while the two side altars are much younger.
• The single-aisled Ermita del Rosario from the 17th century is in place.
• The town hall and the Palacio Salazár are impressive city palaces from the 16th century.

Web links

Commons : Baños de Río Tobía  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Baños de Río Tobía - Photo + Info (wikirioja, Spanish)
• Baños de Río Tobía, tourism site - photo + brief information

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. ↑ Baños de Río Tobía - Climate tables
3. ↑ Baños de Río Tobía - Population Development
4. ↑ Baños de Río Tobía - History
5. ↑ Baños de Río Tobía - Church