Gumiel de Mercado

Municipality of Gumiel de Mercado
Gumiel de Mercado - town view
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and Leon
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	Ribera del Duero
Coordinates	41 ° 45 ′  N , 3 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 45 ′  N , 3 ° 48 ′  W
Height :	830  msnm
Area :	57.71 km²
Residents :	363 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	6.29 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09443
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09152
administration
Website :	Gumiel de Mercado

Gumiel de Mercado is a northern Spanish city and a municipality (municipio) with 363 inhabitants (at January 1, 2019) in the southern province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon .

Location and climate

The village of Gumiel de Mercado, which consists of two parishes, is located at the foot of a former fortress hill on the edge of the valley of the Río Gromejón in the Castilian plateau ( meseta ) approx. 85 km (driving distance) south of the provincial capital Burgos or a good 13 km northwest of the city of Aranda de Duero at an altitude of about 830  m . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 470 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2018
Residents	1,653	1,722	1,672	370	310

The mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms have led to a lack of jobs since the 1950s and, as a result, to a migration of a large part of the population to the larger cities ( rural exodus ). The hamlet (pedanía) Ventosilla , which still has around 30 inhabitants, also belongs to the municipality .

economy

For centuries, the region was dominated by agriculture almost exclusively for the purpose of self-sufficiency ; Animal husbandry and viticulture were also of great importance . Long-life or preserved food such as grain , cheese , sausage, etc. could be bartered or sold at the markets in Aranda de Duero; the region's wine was shipped to Central and Northern Europe. The community is now part of the Ribera del Duero wine region .

history

Finds from the Celtic , Roman , Visigothic and even from the Islamic - Moorish period have not yet been made in the municipality. Probably towards the end of the 9th century, the area was recaptured ( reconquista ) by Diego Rodríguez Porcelos (r. 873-885), the second count of Castile and founder of Burgos, and repopulated by himself and his successors with Christians from the north and Mozarabs ( repoblación ) . Later, the two districts and their parishes grew into a market town with over 1,500 inhabitants.

Attractions

Iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol

Ermita de San Juan

• The Iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol , which looks rather defensive because of its crenellated bell tower (campanario) , was built in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Renaissance portal with its formed of rows of cassettes fields archivolts is unusually on the north side of the church. In its two-aisled interior it contains a figure of the crucified Christ from the 15th century.
• The Iglesia de Santa María la Mayor , about 150 m away and built in the 15th century, is dominated by an imposing bell tower. The interior of the church has three aisles and has an altarpiece (retablo) in the late Baroque style of Churriguerism .
• Numerous rock cellars ( bodegas ) have been driven into the crumbly rock of the former castle hill (Cerro del Castillo) . Almost nothing is left of the former castle.

Surroundings

• The Ermita de San Juan , located about 3 km southeast of the village in the midst of fields and vineyards, is a building from the 16th century with a tower and keel arch portal . Buttresses that appear somewhat oversized support the exterior walls, which are made of precisely hewn stones.

Web links

Commons : Gumiel de Mercado  - 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. ↑ Gumiel de Mercado - Climate tables
3. ↑ Gumiel de Mercado - population development
4. ↑ Gumiel de Mercado - Church of San Pedro
5. ↑ Gumiel de Mercado - Church of Santa María
6. ↑ Gumiel de Mercado - Ermita San Juan