Barruecopardo

Barruecopardo municipality
Barruecopardo - the townscape at dusk
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and Leon
Province :	Salamanca
Comarca :	La Ramajería
Coordinates	41 ° 4 ′  N , 6 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 4 ′  N , 6 ° 40 ′  W
Height :	730  msnm
Area :	37.85 km²
Residents :	450 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	11.89 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	37255
Municipality number  ( INE ):	37044
administration
Website :	Ayuntamiento de Barruecopardo www.barruecopardo.es/ Ayuntamiento de Barruecopardo

Barruecopardo is a municipality ( municipio ) in northern Spain in the province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile and León .

Surname

The current name goes back to the Leonese term "berruecu", which describes a loose, isolated rock, as can be found in large numbers in the area around Barruecopardo, combined with the term "pardo" for brown.

location

Barruecopardo is located in the northwest of the province of Salamanca at an altitude of about 730 meters above sea level. d. M. in the rocky landscape of the Arribes del Duero Natural Park near the Saucelle Dam , which dams the Río Duero . The provincial capital Salamanca is a good 90 kilometers (driving distance) to the east.

Population development

year	1950	1960	1970	1981	1991	2000	2018
Residents	1309	1595	1113	800	491	587	442

In the first half of the 20th century the town had a constant population of around 1000. The surge in the late 1950s and early 1960s is due to the temporary influx of workers and engineers and their families during the construction of the Saucelle Dam. As a result of job losses due to the mechanization of agriculture , the population has since fallen to the current lows.

economy

Agriculture (agriculture and animal husbandry) traditionally plays the largest role in the municipality's economic life. In the 20th century, tungsten was temporarily mined in a nearby ore mine ; Work is currently underway to further expand the mine. Income from tourism in the form of renting out holiday homes ( casas rurales ) has increased over the last few decades.

history

Some small archaeological finds from the late Paleolithic in the 1960s indicate the presence of humans around 9000 BC. In the area. The presence of the Celtic tribe of the Vettons and the subsequent Romans is also documented. Some steles with Latin characters and a circular sun symbol date from this period . After the largely bloodless recapture ( reconquista ) of the deserted area from the hands of the Moors and the subsequent Christian resettlement ( repoblación ), the area was in the hands of the Castilian crown until it was divided into various manors ( señorios ) around the middle of the 12th century. was divided; During this time the manor of Barruecopardo was established. However, the place received - like many other small towns in Spain - some privileges ( fueros ), which assured it a certain independence from the landlord. From 1195 to 1873 the place belonged to the possession of the Order of Santiago , which is still indicated by the sword cross and scallops in the city arms. At the end of the 13th century, the Portuguese king Dinis temporarily ruled large parts of the west of the province of Salamanca.

Attractions

• There are only small remains of a castle ( castillo ) built in the 13th century .
• The parish church is a three-aisled building that was built in the early 19th century on the site of a previous neoclassical building; Noteworthy and unusual is the use of house stones (outside) and rubble material (inside). In shallow chorus circuit is a manufactured only in 1944 altarpiece in Renaissance style. Other furnishings (side altars, figures, pictures) date from the 13th to 18th centuries.
• The Ermita del Cristo de las Mercedes is about a kilometer outside the village. With its portico porch crowned with a triangular gable , it has a distant resemblance to an ancient Roman temple. An ancient cemetery with grave steles and sarcophagi was discovered in their immediate vicinity .

Web links

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

• Barruecopardo, castle and churches - photos + information (Spanish)
• Barruecopardo, church - photos + information (Spanish)

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).