Bozoó (Burgos)

Bozoó municipality
Bozoó - hamlet of Iglesia de San Julián y Santa Basilisa
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and Leon
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	Comarca del Ebro
Coordinates	42 ° 42 ′  N , 3 ° 59 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 42 ′  N , 3 ° 59 ′  W
Height :	580  msnm
Area :	33.16 km²
Residents :	95 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	2.86 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09219
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09054
administration
Website :	Bozoó

Bozoó is a place and a municipality (municipio) consisting of the main town and the hamlets (pedanías) Portilla and Villanueva Soportilla with a total of only 95 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the east of the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile and León .

Location and climate

The place Bozoó is about 2 km (as the crow flies) south of the Ebro and thus also the border to the Basque Country , almost 80 km (driving distance) northeast of the provincial capital Burgos at an altitude of about 580  m . The next larger city is Miranda de Ebro (approx. 16 km southeast). The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 730 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	-	385	320	115	109

The mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms have led to a lack of jobs and a migration of a large part of the population to the cities since the 1950s ( rural exodus ).

economy

The region has been shaped almost exclusively by agriculture for centuries; Animal husbandry is of great importance . Tourism (rental of holiday apartments) is also playing an increasingly important role.

history

Finds from the Celtic , Roman , Visigothic and even from the Islamic - Moorish period have not yet been made in the municipality. It is believed that the establishment of the place as well as that of the other villages in the area goes back to the instigation of the second Count of Castile , Diego Rodríguez Porcelos (r. 873-885), who - after the displacement of the Moors - strongly around the Resettlement ( repoblación ) of the area endeavored. In the Middle Ages the place belonged to the approx. 25 km north located monastery of Valpuesta .

Attractions

Bozoó - church portal

Bozoó

• The local parish church, built of smoothed quarry stones , is the hll. Dedicated to Julian and Basilissa . The portal and the barrel-vaulted nave are Romanesque, while the almost free-standing bell gable (espadaña) with a passage was added later on the south side of the facade ; the choir area supported by buttresses and the apse were renewed in the 16th century and significantly enlarged compared to the nave. The lavishly designed south portal with its multi-pass arch is the eye-catcher of the church.
• The Ermita de San Sebastián , newly built in the 18th century, stands on the outskirts.

Villanueva Soportilla

• The church in the hamlet of Villanueva Soportilla is half crumbled.

Web links

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

• Bozoó, hiking trails - photos + information (Spanish)
• Romanesque churches in the area of ​​Miranda de Ebro - 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. ↑ Bozoó / Miranda de Ebro - climate tables
3. ↑ Bozoó - population development
4. ↑ Bozoó - History
5. ↑ Bozoó - Church
6. ↑ Bozoó - Church
7. ↑ Bozoó - Church