Carazo (Burgos)

Carazo municipality
Carazo - town view and landscape
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	Sierra de la Demanda (Comarca)
Coordinates	41 ° 58 ′  N , 3 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 58 ′  N , 3 ° 21 ′  W
Height :	1135  msnm
Area :	24.03 km²
Residents :	33 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	1.37 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09611
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09070
administration
Website :	Carazo

Carazo is a place and a northern Spanish mountain community ( municipio ) with 33 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the south of the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile-León . The municipality belongs to the poorly populated Serranía Celtibérica .

Location and climate

The place Carazo is located in the Sierra de la Demanda in the headwaters of the Río Mataviejas in the Castilian plateau (meseta) a good 65 km (driving distance) southeast of the provincial capital Burgos at an altitude of about 1135  m ; the culturally and historically significant monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos is only 7 km to the west. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 545 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2018
Residents	487	393	301	48	33

The mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the associated loss of jobs have led to a significant decline in the number of inhabitants since the middle of the 20th century ( rural exodus ).

economy

The high-altitude area was well suited as summer pasture and so hunters and shepherds are likely to have been the first visitors to the area. The later residents of the rural community lived mainly from agriculture (agriculture, cattle breeding). Since the 1960s, the summer rental of holiday homes (casas rurales) has also played a certain economic role.

history

Carazo Church

Almost nothing is known about the origins of the place. Traces of a Celtic high fortress were discovered on Monte Soncarazo . Roman , Visigoth and even Moorish traces are missing. In the early 10th century, the area was conquered by the Christians under the leadership of King Alfonso III. recaptured ( reconquista ) and then repopulated or repopulated ( repoblación ) ; The place was probably built around this time.

Attractions

• The Iglesia de Santa Eugenia , built largely from precisely hewn stones, is dedicated to the martyr Eugenia of Rome . The building was probably built in the 16./17. Century; it has a bell tower (campanario) and a simple portal in the classic style. In the nave (nature) is still the Romanesque baptismal font of the previous building; the apse is dominated by a classicistic multi-figure altarpiece (retablo) .
• The surrounding landscape is ideal for all kinds of hikes.

Others

In 1966 some landscape shots of the film Two Glorious Scoundrels by Sergio Leone were shot in the municipality.

Web links

Commons : Carazo (Burgos)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Carazo - Infos (wikiburgos, 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. ↑ Carazo / Santo Domingo de Silos - climate tables
3. ↑ Carazo - population development
4. ↑ Carazo Church