Genevilla

Genevilla municipality
Genevilla - town view
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Navarre
Province :	Navarre
Comarca :	Estella Occidental
Coordinates	42 ° 39 ′  N , 2 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 39 ′  N , 2 ° 24 ′  W
Height :	635  msnm
Area :	8.64 km²
Residents :	70 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	8.1 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	31227
Municipality number  ( INE ):	31116
administration
Website :	Genevilla

Genevilla is a place and a municipality ( municipio ) with only 70 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the Spanish-speaking part of the autonomous community of Navarre .

Location and climate

The place Genevilla is located in the valley of the Río Ega in the extreme west of the autonomous region of Navarre at an altitude of about 635  m . Almost 43 km (driving distance) separate the place from the northwestern city of Vitoria-Gasteiz ; the town of Logroño is only 29 km south. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 720 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2018
Residents	346	343	359	116	74

The phylloxera crisis in viticulture, the increasing mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the resulting lack of jobs have led to a significant decline in the number of inhabitants since the middle.

economy

In the first place in the economic life of the community traditionally ranks agriculture and especially cattle breeding (sheep, goats, cows). In the past, wheat, barley, wine and vegetables were also cultivated in protected locations; later potatoes were added. Today holiday apartments (casas rurales) are also rented out.

history

Celtiberian , Roman , Visigoth and even Islamic-Moorish traces have not yet been discovered in the municipality. The medieval place name Uxanavilla appears for the first time in a document from 1182, which could indicate that the place was only created in the 9th or 10th century as part of the repopulation policy of the Navarre kings ( repoblación ) .

Attractions

The single-nave Iglesia de San Esteban is dedicated to the arch-martyr Stephen ; it already existed in the Middle Ages, but it was completely renewed in the 16th century in the transition style between late Gothic and Renaissance . The altarpiece (retablo) dates from the middle of the 16th century - a masterpiece by the wood sculptors Andrés de Araoz and Arnao de Bruselas .

literature

• Renacimiento y humanismo en Navarra: El retablo de Genevilla . Panorama 1991, ISBN 978-8423510696 .

Web links

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

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. ↑ Genevilla - climate tables
3. ^ Genevilla - population development
4. ^ Genevilla story
5. ↑ Genevilla Church