Carrascal del Río

Carrascal del Río municipality
Carrascal del Río - Ermíta de San Frutos Town Hall
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Segovia
Coordinates	41 ° 6 ′  N , 3 ° 59 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 6 ′  N , 3 ° 59 ′  W
Height :	859  msnm
Area :	30.52 km²
Residents :	147 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	4.82 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	40331
Municipality number  ( INE ):	40044
administration
Website :	Carrascal del Río

Carrascal del Río is a place and a municipality with 147 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the central Spanish province of Segovia in the autonomous community of Castile and León .

Location and climate

The place Carrascal del Río is at an altitude of about 860  m not far from the Río Duratón about 20 km (driving distance) northwest of the small town of Sepúlveda . The distance to Segovia is about 68 km in a south-westerly direction. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 460 mm / year) falls throughout the year, with the exception of the dry summer months.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	412	535	605	210	151

As a result of the increasing mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of many small farms and the resulting loss of jobs in the countryside, the place has lost a lot of inhabitants since the middle of the 20th century.

economy

The place lives mainly from agriculture and tourism.

history

Until the 18th century the name of the place was only Carrascal, a name whose origin is not entirely clear - the local coat of arms with its five trees testifies to the derivation of the Celtic or Celtiberian word stem karr , which was used for holm oaks ( Quercus ilex ).

Little is known about the history of the place: There was a Roman fort called Septempublicam nearby , from which wall remains have been preserved; In addition, two bridges over the Río Duratón near the hamlets (pedanías) Talcano and Picazos are traced back to Roman constructions. The Castilian Count Fernán González began the resettlement ( repoblación ) of Christians from northern Spain in the 10th century - a policy that was continued by his son Sancho García in the 11th century.

Attractions

Río Duratón in the Hoces del Río Duratón Natural Park

• The single-nave church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción dates from the 16th / 17th centuries. Century; the entrance is on the south side. The interior houses a Romanesque baptismal font (pila) and a baroque altarpiece (retablo) .
• In the village itself, the above-ground cellar walls ( bodegas ) are worth mentioning.

Surroundings

• The main attraction of the municipality is the rock and forest landscape of the Hoces del Río Duratón nature park , located about 6 km southwest of the village, with the river, which is sunk in sections like a canyon and strongly meandering .
• The Romanesque fortified and hermit church Ermita de San Frutos rises about four kilometers south of the village and can only be reached on foot or by bike .

Web links

Commons : Carrascal del Río  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Carrascal del Río, sights - photos + information (Spanish)
• Ermita de San Frutos - photo of a console figure

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. ↑ Carrascal del Río - climate tables
3. ↑ Carrascal del Río - population development
4. ↑ Carrascal del Río - Church