Cascajares de Bureba (Burgos)

Cascajares de Bureba municipality
Oña - town view
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	La Bureba
Coordinates	42 ° 41 ′  N , 3 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 41 ′  N , 3 ° 14 ′  W
Height :	805  msnm
Area :	7.92 km²
Residents :	32 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	4.04 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09253
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09077
administration
Website :	Cascajares de Bureba

Cascajares de Bureba or just Cascajares is a northern Spanish place and a municipality ( municipio ) with only 32 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the northeast of the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile-León .

Location and climate

The place Cascajares de Bureba lies at the foot of the Montes Obarenes at an altitude of about 805  m . The city of Burgos is about 67 km (driving distance) to the northeast. The closest town is Miranda de Ebro (about 31 km east); Places of interest such as Frías , Oña , Briviesca or Pancorbo are within approx. 50 km. The climate in winter is harsh, but in summer it is temperate and warm; Rain (approx. 760 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	291	254	215	62	34

The mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms led to a lack of jobs and a significant decline in the number of inhabitants (rural exodus) since the 1950s.

economy

In earlier times Cascajares was a farming village in the fertile and therefore agricultural environment of the Bureba . The field work is done by only a few farmers today; some houses are rented out as holiday apartments (casas rurales) in summer .

history

No evidence has yet been found from the Celtiberian , Roman , Visigothic or Islamic periods. In the 8th and early 9th centuries, the area was under Islamic influence, but the area was neither permanently settled nor defended by the Berbers due to the unusually harsh and rainy climate . At the end of the 9th century, the Castilian Count Diego Rodríguez Porcelos received from King Alfons III. of Asturias the order to repopulate ( repoblación ) the depopulated area. The first mention of the place name Cascaihares comes from the year 1011.

Attractions

• The Iglesia de San Facundo y San Primitivo is dedicated to the early Christian martyrs Facundus and Primitivus , who - with a few exceptions - are only venerated in the province of Burgos. It is an outwardly inconspicuous late Gothic church from the 15th century, the interior of which is spanned by star vaults.
• A baroque ornamental fountain with a circular basin is approx. 150 m away.
• Two aristocratic palaces from the 18th / 19th centuries Century bear stone heraldic shields .

Web links

Commons : Cascajares de Bureba  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Cascajares de Bureba - Photos + Info (wikiburgos, Spanish)
• Cascajares de Bureba - photo + short 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. ↑ Cascajares de Bureba - climate tables
3. ↑ Cascajares de Bureba - population development
4. ↑ Cascajares de Bureba - History