Casar de Palomero

Casar de Palomero municipality
Río de los Ángeles near the hamlet of Azabal
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Extremadura
Province :	Cáceres
Comarca :	Las Hurdes
Coordinates	40 ° 18 ′  N , 6 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 18 ′  N , 6 ° 15 ′  W
Height :	520  msnm
Area :	36.91 km²
Residents :	1,133 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	30.7 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	10640
Municipality number  ( INE ):	10050
administration
Website :	Casar de Palomero

Casar de Palomero is a place and a Spanish municipality ( municipio ) with 1,133 inhabitants (as of 2019) in the north of the province of Cáceres in the autonomous region of Extremadura . The municipality also includes the three hamlets (pedanías) Azabal , Ribera Oveja and Pedro-Muñoz .

location

The place Casar de Palomero is about 120 km (driving distance) north of the provincial capital Cáceres near the border with the neighboring region Castile-León in the southern foothills of the Iberian Mountains at an altitude of approximately 520 m above sea level. d. Because of the relative altitude, the climate is temperate to warm, rain (approx. 550 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

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Casar de Palomero in the wooded mountain landscape of Las Hurdes

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	k. A.	1,433	2.148	1,338	1,151

The significant population decline since the 1950s is mainly due to the abandonment of small farms and the associated loss of jobs.

economy

The area has served the people since ancient times as a summer pasture for their herds of sheep and goats. After settling down, olives , vines and figs began to be grown ; later other types of fruit ( apples , cherries, etc.) were added. In earlier centuries the cultivation of barley and other crops served primarily for self-sufficiency . The most important trade goods were charcoal , ham and sausages as well as cheese and honey . Nowadays the most important source of income for the place is tourism in the form of the rental of holiday homes (casas rurales) .

history

Neolithic hunters and gatherers roamed the area, which later received little attention from the Celts , Romans , Visigoths and Moors . The first permanent settlements probably emerged in the High Middle Ages , but at that time there were neither churches nor chapels . Before the expulsion of the Jews from Spain (1492) the place consisted of a Christian , a Jewish and a Moorish quarter.

Attractions

• The three old districts (barrios) can hardly be recognized today.
• The Iglesia del Espíritu Santo and the Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción did not emerge until the 18th century.

Web links

Commons : Casar de Palomero  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Casar de Palomero, hiking in the area - 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. ↑ Casar de Palomero - Map with altitude information
3. ↑ Casar de Palomero - climate tables
4. ↑ Casar de Palomero - population development