Casares de las Hurdes

Casares de las Hurdes municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Extremadura
Province :	Cáceres
Comarca :	Las Hurdes
Coordinates	40 ° 26 ′  N , 6 ° 17 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 26 ′  N , 6 ° 17 ′  W
Height :	690  msnm
Area :	20.75 km²
Residents :	417 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	20.1 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	10628
Municipality number  ( INE ):	10051
administration
Website :	Casares de las Hurdes

Casares de las Hurdes is a place and a Spanish municipality ( municipio ) with 417 inhabitants (as of 2019) in the north of the province of Cáceres in the autonomous region of Extremadura . The hamlets (pedanías) Carabusino , Casarrubia , Heras , Huetre and Robledo also belong to the municipality .

location

The place Casares de las Hurdes is about 150 km (driving distance) north of the provincial capital Cáceres near the border to the neighboring region Castile-León in the southern foothills of the Iberian Mountains at an altitude of almost 690 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.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	k. A.	381	922	728	405

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 mainly 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

In the hamlets of Huetre and Casarrubia there are rock drawings ( petroglyphs ). Neolithic hunters and gatherers roamed the area, which later was not noticed by the Celts , Romans , Visigoths or the Moors . The first permanent settlements probably emerged in the High Middle Ages, but at that time there were neither churches nor chapels. Around 1840, several hamlets merged into one community. In 1922 the Spanish King Alfonso XIII visited. the Las Hurdes region; he stayed in Casares for several days.

Attractions

• The local parish church (Iglesia del Santísimo Sacramento) built in the 18th century belongs to the diocese of Coria . The free-standing bell gable (espadaña) belonging to the church , however, belongs to the village and stands several meters away in a side street.

Surroundings

• In the hamlet of Carabusino , several stone walls can still be seen that were used to fortify small terraced fields.
• Several fieldstone buildings have survived in the hamlet of Huetre . Some were formerly used for residential purposes and were later used as cattle sheds.

Web links

Commons : Casares de las Hurdes  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Casares de las Hurdes, walks 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. ↑ Casares de las Hurdes - Map with altitude information
3. ↑ Casares de las Hurdes - Climate tables
4. ↑ Casares de las Hurdes - population development
5. ↑ Casares de Las Hurdes - History
6. ↑ Casares de las Hurdes - Bell gable