Henche (Guadalajara)

Henche parish
Henche - town view
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile-La Mancha
Province :	Guadalajara
Comarca :	La Alcarria
Coordinates	40 ° 43 ′  N , 2 ° 42 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 43 ′  N , 2 ° 42 ′  W
Height :	830  msnm
Area :	23.05 km²
Residents :	104 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	4.51 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	19491
Municipality number  ( INE ):	19132
administration
Website :	Henche

Henche is a central Spanish town and municipality ( municipio ) with only 104 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Guadalajara in the autonomous region of Castile-La Mancha . The municipality belongs to the poorly populated Serranía Celtibérica .

Location and climate

The approximately 830  m high village of Henche is located in the north of the southern part of the Iberian plateau (meseta) . The provincial capital Guadalajara is a good 57 km (driving distance) to the west. The climate in winter is temperate, while in summer it is warm to hot; the rather low amounts of precipitation (approx. 425 mm / year) fall - with the exception of the almost rainless summer months - distributed over the whole year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2019
Residents	365	286	311	89	104

As a result of the mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the resulting unemployment in the countryside, the population of the municipality has decreased significantly since the middle of the 20th century ( rural exodus ).

economy

The most important role in the economic life of the municipality is played by agriculture (agriculture, cattle breeding as well as wine and olive cultivation), which in earlier centuries mainly served the purpose of self-sufficiency . But also small traders and craftsmen have settled in the village since the end of the Middle Ages.

history

The origins of the place are in the dark; Celtic - Iberian , Roman , Visigoth and even Moorish traces are missing. Possibly the place emerged only in the phase of resettlement ( repoblación ) after the reconquest ( reconquista ) of the areas south of the Duero in the years between 1031 and 1085. It initially belonged to the administrative district of the Comunidad de villa y tierra de Atienza ; in 1434 he received city rights (villa) , but a few years later belonged to Señorio de Cifuentes , who was directly under the empire .

Attractions

Henche - Ermita de San Roque

• The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción , largely made of rubble stones (mampostería) , was built in the 13th and 14th centuries. Century. The west side is elevated by a bell gable (espandaña) ; the archivolt portal, which protrudes slightly from the line of the wall and is slightly pointed at the apex, is located on the south side. Nave (nature) and vestibule are not curved, but are of wooden roof spans. The church has a Romanesque font with 12 blind arcades .
• In the village there is a former bakery (horno) .
• More than 100 wine cellars (bodegas) were driven into the loamy mountains interspersed with small stones on the outskirts.
• At the cemetery (cementerio) is the Ermita de San Roque .

Surroundings

• Less than 2 km to the south is the restored and the long-abandoned hamlet Majanares belonging Ermita de San Bartolomé .

Web links

Commons : Henche  - 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. ↑ Henche / Trillo - climate tables
3. ↑ Henche - population development
4. ↑ Henche - Church
5. ↑ Henche - Bodegas