Cihuela

Cihuela municipality
Cihuela - town view
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Soria
Comarca :	Campo de Gómara
Coordinates	41 ° 24 ′  N , 2 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 24 ′  N , 2 ° 0 ′  W
Height :	830  msnm
Area :	34.15 km²
Residents :	51 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	1.49 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	42126
Municipality number  ( INE ):	42063
administration
Website :	Cihuela

Cihuela is a place and a municipality with 51 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the southeast of the Spanish province of Soria in the autonomous community of Castile and León . The villages Albalate and Mazalacete, which were abandoned around 1900, also belong to the municipality .

location

The place Cihuela is on the Río Henar near the former border between Old Castile and the Kingdom of Aragón at an altitude of about 830 m above sea level. d. M. The provincial capital Soria is about 70 km (driving distance) in a north-westerly direction; the next largest city is Calatayud in the province of Saragossa . The climate in winter is cool, but in summer it is quite warm; the low rainfall (approx. 470 mm / year) falls - with the exception of the rather poorly rainy summer months - distributed throughout the year.

Population development

year	1900	1950	2000	2016
Residents	548	693	105	52

The significant population decline since the 1950s is mainly due to the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs.

economy

The place was and is the economic center of a rural community. Today tourism in the form of renting out holiday homes ( casas rurales ) plays a not insignificant role for the town's income.

history

The history of Cihuela may date back to Celtiberian , Roman and Visigoth times, but the overall traces are few . After the Arab-Moorish conquest , large areas in the north of the Iberian Peninsula were depopulated . The first news of the existence of a castle (castillo) comes from the year 876; it was besieged in 974 by the troops of the Castilian Count García Fernández without success and only fell into the hands of the Christians in 1136. The region was then repopulated ( repoblación ), but it remained controversial for a long time between Castile and the Kingdom of Aragón and was handed over to Don Álvaro de Luna in 1444 , who was executed nine years later.

Attractions

Cihuela - ruins of the castle

• From the medieval fortress there are only a few remains of the wall that tower over the place.
• The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de La Asunción was not built until the 18th century. The nave is vaulted; the apse shows a classical altarpiece .
• The Palacio de Los Duques de Medinaceli is the most important secular building in the area.
• The town hall (casa consistorial) that was built in the 19th century and the school building that was built around the same time are also worth seeing.

Surroundings

• The Ermita de San Roque , built in the 18th century, stands on a hill about 2 km outside the village.

Web links

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

• Cihuela, sights - 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. ↑ Cihuela - Map with altitude information
3. ↑ Deza / Cihuela - climate tables
4. ↑ Cihuela - population development
5. ↑ Cihuela - History ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Cihuela - Castillo ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Cihuela - Castillo
8. ↑ Cihuela - Church ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ Cihuela - Palacio ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ Cihuela - Town Hall ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
11. ↑ Cihuela - Ermita de San Roque ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.