Brañosera

Brañosera municipality
View from the top of Valdecebollas to Brañosera
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Palencia
Comarca :	Montaña Palentina
Coordinates	42 ° 56 ′  N , 4 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 56 ′  N , 4 ° 18 ′  W
Height :	1220  msnm
Area :	62.48 km²
Residents :	271 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	4.34 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	34829
Municipality number  ( INE ):	34036

Brañosera is a place and a Spanish municipality (municipio) in the province of Palencia of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon at 1220  msnm . It has an area of ​​62 km², 271 inhabitants (2019) and a population density of 4 inhabitants per km².

location

The municipality is located 118 kilometers north of the provincial capital Palencia and north of Aguilar de Campoo . Brañosera can be reached from the P-220 road.

Community structure

• Brañosera
• Orbó
• Salcedillo
• Valberzoso
• Vallejo de Orbó

Population development

1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1981	1991
1,227	1,231	2,018	2,225	1,647	1,989	1,766	970	319	287

history

Brañosera is one of the oldest places in the region. In 824, Count Munio Núñez had the place laid out as part of the Reconquista .

Attractions

• Romanesque church of Santa Eulalia
• Ermita San Miguel , first handed down in 824. The church has seen major changes over the centuries.
• Cuevas del Cobre , cave in which the Pisuerga rises

economy

The place lived from the mining of coal and minerals since the 19th century. The decline of this branch of the economy since the 1960s is clearly evident in the population development.

literature

• César del Valle Barreda: Antigua Merindad de Aguilar de Campoo . Fundación Santa María la Real , Aguilar de Campoo 2009, ISBN 978-84-89483-55-2 , pp. 64-65.

Web links

Commons : Brañosera  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the community

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).