Granja de Moreruela

Granja de Moreruela municipality
Granja de Moreruela - Romanesque monastery
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Zamora
Comarca :	Tierra de Campos
Coordinates	41 ° 49 ′  N , 5 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 49 ′  N , 5 ° 44 ′  W
Height :	730  msnm
Area :	41.27 km²
Residents :	277 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	6.71 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	49740
Municipality number  ( INE ):	49091
administration
Website :	Granja de Moreruela

Apse of the monastery church

Granja de Moreruela is a town in northern Spain and the capital of a municipality (municipio) with 277 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019 ) in the province of Zamora in the autonomous Spanish region of Castile-León . Granja de Moreruela is located on one of the South ( Seville , Mérida , Cáceres , Salamanca and Zamora ) and coming in Leon or Astorga of the opening into the main line branch line Camino de Santiago .

Location and climate

The place Granja de Moreruela is located in the Meseta about 38 km (driving distance) north of the provincial capital Zamora at about 730  m altitude on a rocky hill about 2 km east of the river Esla . The winter temperatures are quite cool, whereas in summer it is warm to hot; the sparse rainfalls (approx. 42560 mm / year) fall throughout the year with the exception of the summer months.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	596	819	845	385	280

The significant population decline since the 1950s is essentially due to the mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms and the resulting lack of jobs in rural areas ( rural exodus ).

economy

The Agriculture formed the basis of life for as has always been self surviving population of the region; Craftsmen, small traders and service providers of all kinds settled in the village.

history

Prehistoric rock carvings have been discovered in the municipality. Although the place was under its old name Santa Eugenia on the Via de la Plata , which was already in use in antiquity , Celtic, Roman, Visigoth and even Moorish traces have not yet been found. In 1143 the Cistercian order founded the Moreruela monastery just 2 km west of the village ; Probably there was an economic enterprise of the monastery or a storage barn ( granja ) in or near the place .

Sights and culture

• Today's parish church (Iglesia de San Juan Bautista) is a brick and stone building from the late 19th century.

Surroundings

• The former Cistercian monastery La Moreruela is an important late Romanesque - early Gothic church building in Spain.
• Approx. There is a medieval stone bridge over the Río Esla (Puente Quintos) 2.5 km north of the monastery or approx. 3.5 km northwest of the village .

Web links

Commons : Granja de Moreruela  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Granja de Moreruela, history and sights - photos + 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. ↑ Granja de Moreruela - population development