Borobia

Borobia municipality
Borobia - townscape with church and observatory
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Soria
Comarca :	Comarca del Moncayo
Coordinates	41 ° 40 ′  N , 1 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 40 ′  N , 1 ° 54 ′  W
Height :	1130  msnm
Area :	62.57 km²
Residents :	239 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	3.82 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	42138
Municipality number  ( INE ):	42039
administration
Website :	Borobia

Borobia is a place and a municipality ( municipio ) with 239 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the east of the province of Soria in the autonomous community of Castile-León . The Catholic parish belongs to the Diocese of Osma-Soria ; the municipality is part of the poorly populated Serranía Celtibérica .

location

The place Borobia lies on the upper reaches of the Río Manubles in the plateau interspersed with rocks and hills in the east of the province Soria at an altitude of approx. 1130  m . The distance to the northwestern provincial capital Soria is almost 63 km (driving distance). The municipality borders directly on the eastern autonomous community of Aragón . The climate in winter is cold, in summer temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 580 mm / year) falls throughout the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	706	823	930	381	242

The mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the associated loss of jobs led to a noticeable decline in the population ( rural exodus ) in the second half of the 20th century .

economy

For centuries the community lived exclusively from growing grain ( barley and wheat ), which was mainly operated for self-sufficiency ; In addition, livestock husbandry ( sheep , goats , chickens ) was of the greatest importance. Today agriculture still plays the most important role, but income from tourism (rental of holiday homes) has also been added.

history

There is evidence of a Celtiberian settlement called Virovias . Three funerary steles date from Roman times and are now in the Museum of Numantia ; At that time the place was on a road that connected Numantia (near Garray ) with Bilbilis ( Calatayud ) and Caesaraugusta ( Saragossa ). After the Arab-Moorish conquest , large areas in the north of the Iberian Peninsula were depopulated . In the 10th century began under the Castilian Count Gonzalo Téllez in the first half of the 12th century under I. Alfonso of Aragon completed recapture ( reconquista ) of Old Castile . During this time, Borobia was repopulated or repopulated ( repoblación ) by settlers from the Christian north . In the 14th century the place suffered from the Castilian-Aragonese " War of the Two Peter ". The local castle served to secure the once contested border - a situation that became obsolete when Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragón married in 1469.

Attractions

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción

• Remains of a Celtiberian castrum have been discovered on the territory of the municipality.
• In the place of the medieval castle (castillo) there is now an observatory .
• The towering, but almost windowless walls of the single-nave Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción , built in the 16th century, convey a rather defensive image. The bell tower (camapanar) protrudes only slightly over the roof of the church. The three-arched south porch (portico) is the only component with a more open effect. The nave (nature) and the apse be of a star vault covered; the altarpiece (retablo) contains several paintings.
• A sundial from the 16th century is on a house in the village.
• The Ermita de Ntra, which was supposedly founded in the 13th century . Sra. de Los Santos is located on the outskirts. The current building dates from the 18th century.

Web links

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

• Borobia - Photos + Info (Spanish)
• Borobia - Photos + Info (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).
2. ↑ Borobia - climate tables
3. ↑ Borobia - population development
4. Jump up ↑ Borobia History
5. ^ Ciria - Castillo
6. ↑ Borobia Church