Condado de Treviño

Condado de Treviño municipality
Treviño - town view
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	Valle de Ebro
Coordinates	42 ° 44 ′  N , 2 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 44 ′  N , 2 ° 45 ′  W
Height :	552  msnm
Area :	260.71 km²
Residents :	1,342 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	5.15 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09215-09217, 09294
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09109
administration
Website :	Condado de Treviño

Province of Álava with the enclave of Condado de Treviño

Condado de Treviño ( Basque Trebiñuko Konderria or just Trebiñu ) is a municipality ( municipio ) with 1,342 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019 ) in the northern Spanish autonomous region of Castile-León in the province of Burgos . The municipality, which was created in the 1980s through the merger of 51 villages and hamlets (pedanías) , together with the neighboring municipality of La Puebla de Arganzón, forms a Burgales enclave within the Basque province of Álava . Despite the lack of high-ranking individual buildings, the rural community has been classified as a cultural asset ( Bien de Interés Cultural ) in the conjunto histórico-artístico category .

Location and climate

The municipality is located in a high valley at an altitude of approx. 500 to 800  m and is approx. 105 km (driving distance) in a north-easterly direction from the city of Burgos . The closest Castilian city is Miranda de Ebro (approx. 32 km to the west). The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 775 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	4,440	3,701	3,554	929	1,339

The mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms have led to a loss of jobs since the middle of the 20th century and thus to a significant decline in the number of inhabitants. Most of the 50 or so localities and hamlets only have about 10 to 20 inhabitants. Some have already been given up.

economy

The region, which is quite rainy by Spanish standards, has been shaped by agriculture for centuries. Since the 1960s, domestic tourism in the form of renting holiday apartments (casas rurales) has been playing a growing role in economic life.

history

At Laño there are artificial caves that were inhabited at least 1500 years ago. Drawings of animals and inscriptions can be seen in them. Celtic , Roman , Visigoth and even Moorish traces are missing, however.

Treviño was founded in 1161 by the King of Navarre Sancho VI. el Sabio ; Around the year 1200 the place came into Castilian possession. The crossroads of trade routes attracted Jewish businessmen in the Middle Ages, which resulted in a considerable Jewish quarter. The area was raised to a county (condado) by John II in 1453 ; the current town hall was built in the 16th century as a palace and seat of the Counts of Treviño.

Territorial disputes

For many years, political forces from Álava have claimed the “Condado de Treviño” for their province. The population of the community itself is in favor of a referendum, which should decide on the affiliation of the area. However, the authorities in Burgos and Castile-León have been blocking this step for years.

Attractions

Saraso Church

Saraso, altarpiece

Uzquiano Church

Aguillo ( Agilo )

• The Church of San Pedro is a Gothic building from the 15th century with some Romanesque remains.

Albaina ( Albaita )

• The townscape of the street village with about 20 inhabitants is almost medieval.
• The parish church with a bell gable ( espadaña ) dates from the 16th – 18th centuries. Century.
• The Ermita del Granado is a single-nave Romanesque building.

Añastro ( Añastro )

• The high, single-nave parish church of San Andrés in the town, which has around 100 inhabitants, has almost no windows. The building gives a very defensive impression.
• In the village there is a baroque court column ( rollo or picota ) with a wrought iron cross.
• On the outskirts there is a wash house ( lavadero ) from the 19th century.

Arrieta ( Arrieta )

• The local church has an exceptionally richly designed baroque tower.

Ascarza ( Askartza )

• The small Romanesque church with a south portal is in the center of the village.

Cucho ( Kutxu )

• Small place with a Romanesque church

Obécuri ( Obekuri )

• The parish church has a late Romanesque / early Gothic portal from the 13th century, which, however, is overlapped on the left by later additions.

Ochate ( Otxate )

• Of the place that was abandoned in the 1930s, only the church tower ( campanario ) remains .

Ozana ( ozana )

• Village with about 15 inhabitants and a rural Gothic church

Samiano ( Samiano )

• The medieval-looking street village with around twelve inhabitants has a single-nave church and a wash house from the 19th century.

San Vicentejo ( San Vicentejo )

• The Ermita de la Concepción is a single-nave building from the 13th century made of precisely hewn stones. In particular, the multi-tiered south portal and the apse , which is extraordinarily ornate for a village church, deserve attention.

Saraso ( Saratsu )

• A south porch was added to the small, partially Romanesque church in the 16th century. The single-nave interior of the church, which was also redesigned at this time, contains a richly designed baroque altarpiece .

Uzquiano ( Uzkio )

• The small church of the village, which has only about 20 inhabitants, has two late Romanesque south portals and a small south porch ( portico ). The upper floor of the west tower was added in the 16th century and shows figures in the corners.

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  Fortified church of Añastro

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  The village of Arrieta

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  Ermita de San Vicentejo

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  Ochate church tower

Web links

Commons : Condado de Treviño  - collection of images

• Condado de Treviño , Romanesque churches - 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. ↑ Condado de Treviño - Climate tables
3. ↑ Condado de Treviño - population development