Cabezuela del Valle

Cabezuela del Valle municipality
Cabezuela del Valle - View of the town with Río Jerte
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Extremadura
Province :	Cáceres
Comarca :	Valle del Jerte
Coordinates	40 ° 12 ′  N , 5 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 12 ′  N , 5 ° 48 ′  W
Height :	515  msnm
Area :	56.57 km²
Residents :	2,194 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	38.78 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	10610
Municipality number  ( INE ):	10035
administration
Website :	Cabezuela del Valle

Cabezuela del Valle is a small Spanish town with 2,194 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Cáceres in the autonomous region of Extremadura .

location

Cabezuela del Valle lies at an altitude of approx. 515 meters above sea level. d. M. on the Río Jerte . The distance to Plasencia is about 50 kilometers (driving distance) in a south-westerly direction; the cities of Salamanca and Avila are each about 120 kilometers to the north and northeast.

Population development

year	1960	1970	1981	1991	2000	2014
Residents	2,613	2,484	2,286	2,308	2,375	2,314

In the 19th century the small town had a constant population of around 1,500.

economy

The basis of the town's economy was and is agriculture and, above all, the cultivation of fruit trees - the cherries from the Valle del Jerte are known throughout Spain. There is also small industry, handicrafts, retail and service industries and tourism has also played a certain role since the 1970s.

history

Celtic, Roman, Visigoth and Islamic traces have not yet been found; It seems that the history of the place with the recolonization ( repoblación ) by Christians from the north of the Iberian Peninsula to recapture ( reconquista ) and the expulsion of the Moors in the late 12th century began. Among the new settlers were also Jews who, however, as a result of the Alhambra Edict of 1492, had to profess Christianity or emigrate.

Virgen de Peñas Albas

Attractions

• The town center is recognized as Conjunto histórico-artístico and impresses with its almost straight streets with quarry stone or half-timbered houses with wooden balconies , which are mostly facing south.
• The construction of the parish church of San Miguel Arcángel began at the end of the 15th century on the site of the destroyed synagogue ; the unadorned single-nave building was not completed until the 17th century. The late Baroque altarpiece in the apse is the work of the Castilian carver Juan de Arenas and dates from 1681–1683.
• There is a cherry museum in the village ( Museo de la Cereza ).
• There are several hermit churches ( ermitas ) in and around the village ; the most beautiful and regionally significant is that of the Virgen de Peñas Albas with a figure of a nursing Maria ( Maria lactans ).

Web links

Commons : Cabezuela del Valle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Cabezuela del Valle, History and Places of Interest (Spanish)
• Cabezuela del Valle, Museo de la Cereza - Video (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).