Cirueña-Ciriñuela

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Cirueña-Ciriñuela municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : La RiojaLa Rioja La Rioja
Province : La Rioja
Comarca : Santo Domingo de la Calzada
Coordinates 42 ° 25 ′  N , 2 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 25 ′  N , 2 ° 54 ′  W
Height : 740  msnm
Area : 12.15 km²
Residents : 153 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 12.59 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 26258
Municipality number  ( INE ): 26050
administration
Website : Cirueña

Cirueña and the smaller Ciriñuela are small, close together places with 153 inhabitants (January 1, 2019) on the Way of St. James ( Camino Francés ) in the autonomous community of La Rioja . As to the administrative division, Ciriñuela belongs to Cirueña.

Location and climate

The place Cirueña is about 44 km (driving distance) west of the provincial capital Logroño at an altitude of about 740  m . The city of Santo Domingo de la Calzada is only 7 km to the northwest. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 625 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year 1857 1900 1950 2001 2018
Residents 382 405 473 127 142

As a result of the mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the resulting lower demand for labor in rural areas, many families migrated to the cities in the second half of the 20th century ( rural exodus ).

economy

The two neighboring towns are predominantly agricultural (grain, fruit growing). Although there is a pilgrim hostel and several smaller hotels, pilgrimage tourism only plays a minor role.

history

Ciriñuela is first mentioned in writing under the name Cironia in 972 , a century later as Cirunnuela . In donation documents to Alfonso VII of Castile and later the Catholic Kings it is then called Ciriñuela. In Cirueña, the first count of Castile, Fernán González , was captured by Navarre troops in the 10th century . After its liberation, he granted the place extensive legal freedom in a fuero .

A written mention can be found on the occasion of the foundation of the monastery Santa María la Real de Nájera in 1052. García Sánchez III. of Navarre equipped the convent with lands, which also included Cirueña and its dependent communities. Due to violent conflicts, the village was almost completely depopulated in the 14th century. After the taxes were suspended for ten years, a large number of former residents returned to the village in 1387.

Cirueña belonged to the province of Burgos until the province of Logroño was founded in 1833, from which - after the end of the Franco era - the autonomous region of La Rioja emerged in 1980/82.

Attractions

Cirueña San Andrés Church
Cirueña
  • Nothing remains of the Monasterio de San Andrés , which was built around the year .
  • The parish church of Cirueña is dedicated to the Apostle Andrew . It was built in 1965 on the foundations of a pre-Romanesque church from the 10th century.
  • The pilgrim hostel stands out because of its dark blue paint.
Ciriñuela
  • The church of San Millán is located in Ciriñuela . It dates from the 15th century and underwent structural changes in the 18th and 19th centuries. The altarpiece is designed in the Rococo style.

literature

  • Míllan Bravo Lozano: Practical pilgrim guide. The Camino de Santiago. Editorial Everest, Léon 1994, ISBN 84-241-3835-X .
  • Cordula Rabe: Spanish Way of St. James. From the Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela. All stages - with variants and height profiles. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7633-4330-0 ( Rother hiking guide ).

Web links

Commons : Cirueña  - 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. ↑ Cirueña - climate tables
  3. ^ Cirueña - population development
  4. ↑ Cirueña - History
  5. ↑ Cirueña - Church
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