Bahabón de Esgueva

Bahabón de Esgueva municipality
Bahabón de Esgueva - Iglesia
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	Comarca del Arlanza
Coordinates	41 ° 52 ′  N , 3 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 52 ′  N , 3 ° 44 ′  W
Height :	915  msnm
Area :	21.39 km²
Residents :	81 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	3.79 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09350
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09033
administration
Website :	Bahabón de Esgueva

Bahabón de Esgueva is a place and a northern Spanish rural municipality ( municipio ) with only 81 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the south of the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile-León . The place belongs to the poorly populated region of the Serranía Celtibérica .

Location and climate

The place Bahabón de Esgueva is located on the north bank of the Río Esgueva in the Castilian plateau ( meseta ) a good 60 km (driving distance) south of Burgos or approx. 20 km south of the small town Lerma at an altitude of approx. 915  m . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 500 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2018
Residents	414	444	496	139	73

The mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms have led to a loss of jobs since the middle of the 20th century and, as a result, to a significant decline in the number of inhabitants.

economy

The inhabitants of the rural community live mainly from agriculture (agriculture and cattle breeding). Since the 1960s, the summer rental of holiday homes (casas rurales) has also played a certain economic role.

history

Celtic , Roman , Visigoth and even Moorish traces are missing. The place is after the reconquest ( reconquista ) of the Duero limit documented by the Christians in 1037 for the first time; since the end of the 12th century he belonged to the manor (señorio) of the Cistercian monastery of San Pedro de Gumiel, about 12 km south .

Attractions

The only attraction of the place is the originally Romanesque , but rebuilt in the Renaissance , Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción with its crossing tower , which is also elevated by a - later added - transverse bell gable (espadaña) . The external staircase leading up to the middle floor and thus to the bell house of the tower is also a later addition. The various console figures below the apse eaves are interesting . The south portal shows clear Renaissance forms. The nave (nave) has a baptismal font (pila) from the previous church.

Web links

Commons : Bahabón de Esgueva  - 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. ↑ Bahabón de Esgueva - Climate tables
3. ↑ Bahabón de Esgueva - Population Development
4. ↑ Bahabón de Esgueva - History
5. ↑ Bahabón de Esgueva - Church