Gómara

Gómara municipality
Gómara - town view
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Soria
Comarca :	Campo de Gómara
Coordinates	41 ° 37 ′  N , 2 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 37 ′  N , 2 ° 14 ′  W
Height :	1050  msnm
Area :	68.27 km²
Residents :	310 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	4.54 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	42120
Municipality number  ( INE ):	42096
administration
Website :	Gómara

Gómara is a place and one from the main village and several hamlets (Pedanías) and individual farms (fincas) existing northern Spanish municipality ( municipio ) with a total of 310 inhabitants (at January 1, 2019) in the province of Soria of the Autonomous Community of Castile and Leon . The parish belongs to the Diocese of Osma-Soria .

Location and climate

The municipality is located in the headwaters of the Río Rituerto almost 40 km (driving distance) southeast of the provincial capital Soria at an average altitude of approx. 1050  m . The climate is harsh in winter, but temperate to warm in summer; Rain (approx. 540 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	802	827	940	477	310

As a result of the increasing drought, the mechanization of agriculture and the resulting lower demand for labor, the number of inhabitants has declined sharply since the middle of the 20th century; there is also the abandonment of numerous small farms.

economy

The community is traditionally oriented towards agriculture (grain, sunflowers ); cattle breeding is also practiced on a small scale. In the past, people lived largely as self-sufficient ; today it is mainly produced for urban markets.

history

The Celts , Romans and Visigoths left no archaeological traces. In the 8th century the Moors penetrated into the region and were only pushed back in the 11th century ( reconquista ) . Then Christians from the north and south of the Iberian Peninsula settled here ( repoblación ) . Under Charles II , the hereditary county of Condado de Gómara was created for Luis de Salcedo y Arbizu in 1692 , but the palace was located in Soria.

Attractions

Gómara - castle ruins

• The ruins of a Moorish, later Christian castle tower over the place.
• The Iglesia de San Juan Bautista is a late Gothic building with echoes of the Renaissance . The three yokes (Tramos) existing nave is of a star-shaped vault spans.
• An unadorned court column (roller blind) from the beginning of the 18th century rises on a square base on the outskirts .

Surroundings

• The Ermita de la Virgen de la Fuente stands outside the village in the fields. The current building dates from 1702.
• The hamlets of Abión , Ledesma de Soria , Paredesroyas and Torralba de Arciel each still have a late medieval church.
• The remains of several abandoned villages (despoblados) can be found in the vicinity of Gómara .

Web links

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

• Gómara, sights - photos and information (Spanish)
• Romanesque churches in the Campo de Gómara region - photos and information (arteguias, 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. ↑ Gómara - climate tables
3. ↑ Gómara - population development
4. ↑ Gómara - History
5. ↑ Gómara - History