Corpa (Madrid)

Corpa municipality
Corpa - church
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Madrid
Province :	Madrid
Comarca :	Cuenca del Henares
Coordinates	40 ° 26 ′  N , 3 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 26 ′  N , 3 ° 16 ′  W
Height :	860  msnm
Area :	25.91 km²
Residents :	713 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	27.52 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	28811
Municipality number  ( INE ):	28048
administration
Website :	Corpa

Corpa is a place and a central Spanish rural municipality ( municipio ) with 713 inhabitants (as of January 1 2019) in the east of the Community of Madrid in the transition to the autonomous region of Castile-La Mancha . The municipality belongs to the cultural landscape of the Alcarria .

Location and climate

The village of Corpa, located about 860  m above sea level, is located in the Iberian Highlands ( Meseta ) southeast of the Castilian Scheidegebirge . The Spanish capital Madrid is just 40 km to the west; the town of Alcalá de Henares is about 17 km to the northwest. The climate in winter is temperate, while in summer it is warm to hot; the rather low amounts of precipitation (approx. 450 mm / year) fall - with the exception of the almost rainless summer months - distributed over the whole year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2001	2019
Residents	543	609	569	418	713

The place in the east of the Madrid region - unlike many places in the area - has largely retained its character as a rural community with a stable population.

economy

Torres de la Alameda was dominated by agriculture for centuries; the people lived largely as a self-sufficient source of income from the surrounding fields and house gardens.

history

So far, no finds from the Celtic , Roman and Visigothic periods have been discovered in the municipality . In the 8th century the area was devastated by Moorish armies. In 1118 troops of the Archbishop of Toledo took the fortress of Alcalá as part of the Reconquista ; his successor received the region from the king as a fief and the phase of repopulation or repopulation ( repoblación ) began . In 1578 the fiefdom reverted to the Spanish crown, but Philip II sold it to one of his followers.

Palacio de los Marqueses de Mondéjar

Attractions

• The Plaza de la Constitución is the center of the place; here are the town hall (ayuntamiento) and the Palacio de los Marqueses de Mondéjar, which has not been used for a long time, with its two corner towers and the simple columned portal.
• The Iglesia de Santo Domingo de Silos originally dates from the 12th / 13th centuries. Century. However, it was partially destroyed during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) and only rebuilt in 1951.
• At the cemetery (cementerio) is the Ermita del Cristo de la Piedad , which was also destroyed during the civil war but was later largely rebuilt .

Web links

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

• Corpa, history and sights - photo + brief 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. ↑ Corpa / Madrid - climate tables
3. ^ Corpa - population development
4. ^ Corpa history
5. ↑ Corpa - palace
6. ^ Corpa - Church
7. ^ Corpa - Ermita