Benafarces
| Benafarces municipality | |||
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 Benafarces - Santa María la Nueva Church
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Basic data | |||
| Autonomous Community : |
 Castile and León
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| Province : | Valladolid | ||
| Comarca : | Tierra del Vino | ||
| Coordinates | 41 ° 37 ′ N , 5 ° 18 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 735 msnm | ||
| Area : | 16.54 km² | ||
| Residents : | 72 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 4.35 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 47880 | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 47016 | ||
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| Website : | Benafarces | ||
Benafarces is a northern Spanish city and a municipality ( municipio ) with 72 inhabitants (at January 1, 2019) in the far west of the province of Valladolid the Autonomous Community of Castile and Leon .
location
The place Benafarces is in the comarca Tierra del Vino in the Castilian plateau at an altitude of about 735 m above sea level. d. M. The provincial capital Valladolid is about 60 km (driving distance) to the east; the historically significant town of Toro is only 14 km to the south-west. The climate in winter is quite cold, but in summer it is warm to hot; the sparse rainfall (approx. 385 mm / year) falls throughout the year.
Population development
| year | 1857 | 1900 | 1950 | 2000 | 2016 |
| Residents | 464 | 488 | 413 | 115 | 75 |
The population decline in the second half of the 20th century is mainly due to the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs.
economy
The farming on the fertile clay and loess soils of the Tierra del Vino and the keeping of small livestock (especially chickens) formed the livelihood of the self-sufficient population of the region for centuries ; Horses and donkeys were kept as draft and pack animals. Since the Middle Ages, handicrafts, retail trade and service companies of all kinds have developed, but these have mostly disappeared again.
history
In pre-Roman times the region belonged to the settlement area of the Celtic tribe of the Vaccaeans ; later came the Romans and Visigoths and in the 8th century the area was overrun by the Moors - however, all four cultures left only a few archaeologically usable traces in the area. Already in the 9th century Asturian-Leonese army conquered the areas north of the Duero back ( reconquista ) . At the end of the 10th century, the Moorish military leader Almansor temporarily wiped out the Christian successes, but in the 11th century the Kingdom of León extended its territory again to the Duero border and pursued a policy of repopulation ( repoblación ). After previous attempts, León finally united with the Kingdom of Castile in 1230 , but disputes occurred again and again in the period that followed. The place experienced its heyday in the late Middle Ages and in the early modern period.
Attractions
- The Iglesia de Santa María la Nueva , built entirely from stone , dates from the 16th century. The apse , which was later raised, and the nave are stabilized and structured from the outside by buttresses . The bell tower collapsed in the late 1990s and the rib-vaulted nave was closed to the west by a glass facade. The simple Isabelline portal is on the south side. The apse has a beautiful star vault.
- The town hall ( ayuntamiento ) is housed in a broad, but overall rather inconspicuous two-storey building.
Web links
- Benafarces - Photos + Info (Spanish)
- Benafarces, Church - Photos + Info (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Benafarces - Map with altitude information
- ↑ Benafarces - Climate tables
- ↑ Benafarces - Population Development
- ↑ Benafarces - Church