El Fresno

El Fresno parish
El Fresno - Iglesia de la Asunción
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and Leon
Province :	Ávila
Comarca :	Valle de Amblés
Coordinates	40 ° 37 ′  N , 4 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 37 ′  N , 4 ° 45 ′  W
Height :	1075  msnm
Area :	12.63 km²
Residents :	589 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	46.63 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	05197
Municipality number  ( INE ):	05076
administration
Website :	El Fresno

El Fresno is a place and a central Spanish municipality ( municipio ) with 589 inhabitants (as of January 1 2019) in the center of the province of Ávila in the Autonomous Community of Castile and Leon .

location

The place El Fresno is in the east of the Valle de Amblés on the north side of the Iberian Scheidegebirge on the south bank of the Río Adaja at an altitude of about 1075 m above sea level. d. M. The city of Avila is only 10 km (driving distance) in a north-easterly direction. The climate in winter is cool, in summer it is quite warm despite the altitude; the low amounts of precipitation (approx. 410 mm / year) fall - with the exception of the almost rainless summer months - distributed over the whole year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	478	531	637	492	597

Because of its proximity to the city of Avila, the municipality's population has remained largely stable since the mid-19th century.

economy

Agriculture (especially cattle breeding) traditionally played the largest role in the municipality's formerly self-sufficient economic life, which, however, developed more and more into a suburb of Ávila in the second half of the 20th century.

history

In the first millennium BC The municipality was probably part of the settlement area of ​​the Celtic Vettons . Roman , Visigoth and even Arabic-Moorish traces are missing. In the 11th and 12th centuries, the Valle de Amblés was probably recaptured by the Christians more or less without a fight ( reconquista ) and then repopulated ( repoblación ) .

Attractions

The parish church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción dates back to the early 19th century and was built on the site of a small previous building. In 1961 the vault collapsed; it was replaced by a wooden flat ceiling. When the vault collapsed, the interior was also destroyed.

Web links

Commons : El Fresno  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

• El Fresno - Photos + Info (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. ↑ El Fresno - Elevation Map
3. ↑ El Fresno - climate tables
4. ↑ El Fresno - Population Development
5. ↑ El Fresno - Church ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2018 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. 
6. ↑ El Fresno - Church ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2018 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.