Cayuela

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Cayuela municipality
Cayuela - San Esteban Church
Cayuela - San Esteban Church
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Cayuela Coat of Arms
Cayuela (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Castile and Leon
Province : Burgos
Comarca : Alfoz de Burgos
Coordinates 42 ° 16 ′  N , 3 ° 49 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 16 ′  N , 3 ° 49 ′  W
Height : 823  msnm
Area : 13.47 km²
Residents : 184 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 13.66 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 09239
Municipality number  ( INE ): 09093
administration
Website : Cayuela

Cayuela is a place a municipality ( municipio ) with 184 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Burgos in the northern Spanish autonomous community of Castile and León .

Location and climate

Cayuela is located on the Río Ausin in the Castilian plateau ( meseta ) at an altitude of about 820 and is about 14 km (driving distance) in a south-westerly direction from the city of Burgos . The neighboring towns of Arcos de la Llana and Villariezo are only about 5 and 7 km to the east. The lovely town of Cavia is located about 3 km northwest of the confluence of the Río Ausín and the Río Arlanzón . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 575 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year 1857 1900 1950 2000 2017
Residents 335 244 306 118 177

The mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms have led to a shortage of jobs since the 1950s and, as a result, to a large part of the population moving to the cities ( rural exodus ). Due to the proximity to the city of Burgos, however, the decline in population has come to a standstill in the last years of the 20th century.

economy

The region has been shaped by agriculture for centuries, with self-sufficiency in the foreground. Long-life or preserved foods such as grain , cheese , sausage, etc. could be bartered or sold on the markets in Burgos.

history

The first traces of human presence can be traced back to the Bronze Age . Roman and Visigoth traces are missing. After the conquest of central Spain by Islam, the area was largely deserted for centuries and was not repopulated ( repoblación ) until the end of the 9th century . Cayuela is first mentioned in documents from the 11th century. Like the places in the area, Cayula is likely to have belonged to the monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña in the 12th century , and later to the manor of the Archdiocese of Burgos - but no precise information is available.

Attractions

  • The single-nave parish church of San Esteban dates from the 13th century. The archivolts of their late Romanesque or early Gothic portal are barely noticeably sharpened in the middle. A massive bell tower is attached to the north-east side of the church - also for structural reasons; in addition, a later added simple bell gable ( espadaña ) rises above the west facade . In contrast to the rest of the building, the apse is made of precisely hewn stones and has a - in some cases figurative - console frieze below the eaves . This extends - albeit less elaborately designed - along the side eaves. The interior of the church has a later built-in Gothic ribbed vault and, in addition to a baroque altarpiece, houses an exceptionally beautiful Romanesque font (pila bautismal) with figures of the apostles within arcaded arches - including Peter (recognizable by the keys) and Paul (recognizable by the bald head); there are also lions and griffins . An elaborately worked braided band closes the basin made from one stone at the top. The interior of the baptismal font is made in the form of a multi-ribbed shell.

Web links

Commons : Cayuela  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ Cayuela / Burgos - climate tables
  3. ↑ Cayuela - population development
  4. ↑ Cayuela - History
  5. ↑ Cayuela - History