Bolaños de Campos
| Municipality of Bolaños de Campos | |||
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.jpg) Bolaños de Campos - Judgment Column and 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 de Campos | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 0 ′ N , 5 ° 17 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 710 msnm | ||
| Area : | 29.92 km² | ||
| Residents : | 291 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 9.73 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 47675 | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 47024 | ||
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| Website : | Bolaños de Campos | ||
Bolaños de Campos is a northern Spanish city and a municipality ( municipio ) with 291 inhabitants (at January 1, 2019) in the northwest of the province of Valladolid the Autonomous Community of Castile and Leon .
location
The place Bolaños de Campos is located on the east bank of the Río Valderaduey in the north of the Comarca Tierra de Campos in the Castilian plateau at an altitude of about 710 m above sea level. d. M. The provincial capital Valladolid is a good 67 km (driving distance) to the southeast; León , the capital of the neighboring province, is a good 80 km to the north-west. The climate in winter is quite cold, but in summer it is warm to hot; the sparse rainfall (approx. 425 mm / year) falls throughout the year.
Population development
| year | 1842 | 1900 | 1950 | 2000 | 2016 |
| Residents | 652 | 960 | 884 | 381 | 337 |
The population decline in the 20th century is largely 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 de Campos 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, none of the four cultures left any archaeologically usable traces in the formerly possibly forested 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 expanded its territory again to the Duero border. The region was repopulated ( 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
- Nothing remains of a castle ( castillo ) belonging to the Tellez family.
- The Iglesia de Santa María is a 16th century building made mainly of bricks with a bell tower and a raised rectangular sheathed apse .
- In the square in front of the church, a court column ( roller blind ) from around 1500 with four representative lion heads rises on a round stepped base , which may represent a reference to the medieval kingdom of León .
- With a bell tower equipped Iglesia de San Miguel is the Archangel Michael consecrated and dates from the 16th century. The church is largely made of bricks, but parts of the west facade are made of stone . The church has been converted into a cultural center.
Web links
- Bolaños de Campos, history and places of interest - photos + information (Spanish)
- Bolaños de Campos, churches - photo + short information (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).
- ↑ Bolaños de Campos - Map with altitude information
- ↑ Bolaños de Campos - climate tables
- ↑ Bolaños de Campos - population development
- ↑ Bolaños de Campos - Santa María Church
- ↑ Bolaños de Campos - Pillar of Judgment
- ↑ Bolaños de Campos - Church