Bubierca

Bubierca municipality
	Bubierca - town view
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Zaragoza
Comarca :	Comunidad de Calatayud
Coordinates	41 ° 19 ′ N , 1 ° 51 ′ W Coordinates: 41 ° 19 ′ N , 1 ° 51 ′ W
Height :	640 msnm
Area :	29.54 km²
Residents :	66 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	2.23 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	50239
Municipality number ( INE ):	50058
administration
Website :	Bubierca

Bubierca is a place and a municipality ( municipio ) with a total of 66 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the west of the province of Saragossa in the autonomous region of Aragon in north-eastern Spain . The place is a station on the Camino del Cid ; it belongs to the poorly populated region of the Serranía Celtibérica .

Location and climate

The place Bubierca lies in a loop on the north bank of the Río Jalón a good 106 km (driving distance) southwest of the provincial capital Saragossa at an altitude of approx. 640 m . The lovely town of Calatayud is only approx. 22 km to the east. The climate is harsh in winter, but temperate to warm in summer; the rather sparse rain (approx. 400 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	1.105	889	459	108	66

As a result of increasing drought, the mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of numerous small farms and the resulting lower demand for labor in rural areas, the number of inhabitants has steadily decreased since the 19th century as a result of the " rural exodus ".

economy

For centuries, the town's residents were essentially self-sufficient; There were no grocery stores or markets, or only rarely. The few dealers, craftsmen and service providers were provided with the essentials by street vendors.

history

Neither prehistoric, Celtic nor Roman or Visigothic finds have been discovered in the municipality of Bubierca. In the 8th century the area was overrun by Arab-Moorish armies, which were not pushed south until the beginning of the 12th century ( reconquista ) . In the following years, however, the region was fought over between the kingdoms of Aragón and Castile ( Guerra de los Dos Pedros ) and could not be finally connected to Aragón until 1454.

Attractions

The remains of the castle (castillo) from the Moorish times and towering over the place were torn down in the 15th century and replaced by a large new chapel (Ermita de la Virgen de la Esperanza) .

The church of San Miguel , built in the 16th century, was demolished in 1964 and replaced by a modern church with a bell gable (espadaña) .

In the crumbly rock of the castle hill were in 17./18. Several rock cellars ( bodegas ) were carved into it in the 19th century ; they are rarely used today.