El Payo
| El Payo municipality | |||
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 El Payo - Church of Santiago Apóstol
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Basic data | |||
| Autonomous Community : |
 Castile and León
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| Province : | Salamanca | ||
| Comarca : | El Rebollar (Salamanca) | ||
| Coordinates | 40 ° 17 ′ N , 6 ° 44 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 935 msnm | ||
| Area : | 61.87 km² | ||
| Residents : | 338 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 5.46 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 37524 | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 37234 | ||
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| Website : | El Payo | ||
El Payo is a place and a municipality ( municipio ) with 338 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the south of the province of Salamanca in the autonomous region of Castile-León in western Spain .
location
El Payo is located in the Sierra de Gata a good 135 km (driving distance) southwest of the provincial capital Salamanca at an altitude of approx. 935 m . The historically significant city of Ciudad Rodrigo is only 50 km to the northeast. In the southeast of the municipality rises the third highest mountain in the region, the approx. 1490 m high Pico Jálama . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 880 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.
Population development
| year | 1857 | 1900 | 1950 | 2000 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Residents | 694 | 1,156 | 1,798 | 496 | 354 | 335 |
The significant population decline since the 1950s is essentially due to the mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the associated loss of jobs. The hamlet (pedanía) Villar de Flores , which has been abandoned since 2010, also belonged to the municipality .
economy
The fertile but stony soils in the area provided the basis for the cultivation of wheat and other crops for the inhabitants who, in earlier times, were mainly self-sufficient . Cattle breeding was also practiced to a large extent. Traders, craftsmen and service providers of all kinds gradually settled in the town itself. Today summer tourism plays a major economic role.
history
Bronze , Iron Age , Roman , Visigoth and even Moorish finds have not yet been made. The region was occupied towards the end of the 12th century by the Castilian - Leonese troops of Ferdinand II (r. 1157–1188) and Alfonso IX. (reg. 1188-1230) "recaptured" ( reconquista ) and successively from Christians from the north and refugees from Al-Andalus re repopulated or ( repoblación ) .
Attractions
- The squat looking village church (Iglesia de Santiago Apóstol) dates from the 16th century. Its unadorned west facade is raised by a two-part bell gable (espadaña) .
- Is a fountain with wounded in the square cattle trough (Abrevadero) or wash area (lavadero) .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ El Payo - climate tables