Cabezón de Pisuerga
| Cabezón de Pisuerga municipality | |||
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 Cabezón de Pisuerga - Santa María Church
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Autonomous Community : |
 Castile and León
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| Province : | Valladolid | ||
| Comarca : | Campiña del Pisuerga | ||
| Coordinates | 41 ° 44 ′ N , 4 ° 39 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 705 msnm | ||
| Area : | 45.38 km² | ||
| Residents : | 3,713 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 81.82 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 47260 | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 47027 | ||
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| Website : | Cabezón de Pisuerga | ||
Cabezón de Pisuerga is a northern Spanish city and a municipality ( municipio ) with 3,713 inhabitants (at January 1, 2019) in the center of the province of Valladolid the Autonomous Community of Castile and Leon .
location
The place Cabezón de Pisuerga is located on the east bank of the Río Pisuerga in the Castilian plateau at an altitude of about 705 m above sea level. d. The provincial capital Valladolid is only about 10 km (driving distance) to the southwest; Palencia , the capital of the neighboring province, is about 38 km to the north-east. The climate in winter is quite cold, but in summer it is warm to hot; the sparse rainfall (approx. 425 mm / year) falls throughout the year.
Population development
| year | 1857 | 1900 | 1950 | 2000 | 2016 |
| Residents | 1,375 | 1,139 | 1,391 | 1,816 | 3,657 |
The population increase in the 20th century is mainly due to its proximity to the greater Valladolid area.
economy
The farming on the fertile clay and loess soils and the keeping of small cattle (especially chickens) formed the livelihood of the self-sufficient population of the region for centuries ; Horses and donkeys were kept as draft and pack animals. Surpluses could be sold in the Valladolid markets. Since the Middle Ages, handicrafts, retail trade and service companies of all kinds have developed.
history
In pre-Roman times the region belonged to the settlement area of the Celtic tribe of the Vaccaeans ; Later came the Romans and Visigoths and in the 8th century the area was overrun by the Moors - however, all four cultures have left little archaeologically usable traces in the formerly possibly forested area. Already in the 9th century Asturian-Leonese army conquered the areas north of the Duero back ( reconquista ) . At the end of the 10th century, the Moorish military leader Almansor temporarily wiped out the Christian successes, but in the 11th century the Kingdom of León expanded its territory again to the Duero border. The region was repopulated ( repoblación ) . After previous attempts, León finally united with the Kingdom of Castile in 1230 , but disputes occurred again and again in the period that followed. The place experienced its heyday in the late Middle Ages and in the early modern period.
Attractions
- The construction of the precisely hewn natural stone Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de La Asunción or even just Iglesia de Santa María began in the first quarter of the 16th century; In the following period, the late Gothic original design was changed several times. The bell tower , completed in 1552, shows clear Renaissance shapes. The construction of the transept and the sacristy began in 1586; its completion took until 1616. Then the old nave was torn down and renewed. Particularly noteworthy is the carved and gilded baroque altarpiece from 1749.
- About 400 m north of the town center, an old stone bridge crosses the Río Pisuerga. Its origin is attributed to the Romans, but the building has been restored again and again; its current condition corresponds to the 17th / 18th centuries. Century.
- Surroundings
- The church of the Cistercian monastery of Santa María de Palazuelos , built in the 13th century, is only about 2.5 km north of the village in the neighboring municipality of Corcos del Valle .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Cabezón de Pisuerga - Map with altitude information
- ↑ Cabezón de Pisuerga - Climate tables
- ↑ Cabezón de Pisuerga - Population Development
- ↑ Cabezón de Pisuerga - Church of Santa María