Budia

Budia municipality
Budia - town view
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile-La Mancha
Province :	Guadalajara
Comarca :	La Alcarria
Coordinates	40 ° 38 ′  N , 2 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 38 ′  N , 2 ° 45 ′  W
Height :	815  msnm
Area :	66.1 km²
Residents :	196 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	2.97 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	19133
Municipality number  ( INE ):	19054
administration
Website :	Budia

Budia is a central Spanish town and municipality ( municipio ) with only 196 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Guadalajara in the autonomous region of Castile-La Mancha . The municipality belongs to the poorly populated Serranía Celtibérica .

Location and climate

The approx. 815  m high place Budia is in the north of the southern part of the Iberian plateau (meseta) . The provincial capital Guadalajara is just under 50 km (driving distance) to the west; the city of Madrid is a good 100 km to the south-west. The climate in winter is temperate, while in summer it is warm to hot; the rather low amounts of precipitation (approx. 425 mm / year) fall - with the exception of the almost rainless summer months - distributed over the whole year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2019
Residents	1,416	999	997	281	196

As a result of the mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the resulting unemployment in the countryside, the population of the municipality has decreased significantly since the middle of the 20th century ( rural exodus ).

economy

Agriculture played the most important role in the economic life of the municipality (agriculture, cattle breeding as well as wine and olive cultivation), which in earlier centuries mainly served for self-sufficiency . But also small traders and craftsmen have settled in the village since the end of the Middle Ages. In the late Middle Ages, the place was a center of leather processing .

history

The origins of the place are in the dark; Roman , Visigoth and even Moorish traces are missing. Possibly the place emerged only in the phase of resettlement ( repoblación ) after the reconquest ( reconquista ) of Toledo and other areas south of the Duero in the years between 1031 and 1085. It initially belonged to the administrative district of the Comunidad de villa y tierra de Atienza ; in 1434 he received town charter (villa) , but a few years later it belonged to the extensive manor (señorio) of the House of Mendoza .

Attractions

Budia - Town Hall (ayuntamiento)

• The center of the village is the main square (plaza mayor) , lined with several pillared houses, including the town hall (ayuntamiento ) .
• The three-aisled Iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol was built in the 16th century on the site of a previous building that had become too small. The church is except the Renaissance -Portals and parts of the bell tower (Campanario) from rubble (mampostería) brick. On both sides of the altar there are two colored half-figures of an Ecce homo and a Mater Dolorosa by (or from the vicinity of) Pedro de Mena .

Surroundings

• A court column (rollo or picota) from the 16th century stands on a square stepped base on the outskirts as a sign of urban independence.
• The old wash house (lavadero) is in the immediate vicinity .
• About 400 meters of the town center located and built in the late 17th century south Carmelites - Convention are only the facade and exterior walls.

literature

• Juan José Bermejo Millano and Antonio Herrera Casado: Budia, corazón de la Alcarria . Eds. Aache, Guadalajara 2005, ISBN 978-84-96236-39-4 .

Web links

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

• Budia, tourism site - photos + information (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. ↑ Budia / Trillo - climate tables
3. ↑ Budia - Population Development
4. ↑ Budia Church
5. ↑ Budia - court column
6. ↑ Budia - Carmelite Convent