Hinojosa del Campo

Hinojosa del Campo municipality
	Hinojosa del Campo - Church of NS de la Asunción
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Soria
Comarca :	Campo de Gómara
Coordinates	41 ° 44 ′ N , 2 ° 6 ′ W Coordinates: 41 ° 44 ′ N , 2 ° 6 ′ W
Height :	1035 msnm
Area :	26.07 km²
Residents :	31 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	1.19 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	42113
Municipality number ( INE ):	42100
administration
Website :	Hinojosa del Campo

Hinojosa del Campo is a place and a northern Spanish municipality ( municipio ) with only 31 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Soria in the autonomous community of Castile-León . The parish belongs to the Diocese of Osma-Soria .

Location and climate

Hinojosa del Campo is approx. 45 km (driving distance) east of the provincial capital Soria at an average altitude of approx. 1035 m . The climate is harsh in winter, but temperate to warm in summer; Rain (approx. 555 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	351	289	243	48	33

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 ) . The place name Finoiosa del Campo is first handed down from the year 1270.

Attractions

The almost windowless church Nuestra Señora de la Asunción is a work in the 12th / 13th centuries. Century. The approximately 18 m high bell tower (campanario) has a square floor plan; its lower part is dated to the Moorish-Islamic period. The 22 m high fortified tower with a crenellated wreath , which was built in the Christian era and has an apsidial shape, is unusual . On the south side of the church there is a Renaissance porch (galería porticada) . The vaulted nave was redesigned in the 18th century in line with the taste of the time and contains several side altars (retablos) and a Romanesque font (pila bautismal) with blind arcades and tendrils . The center of the baroque main altar is a depiction of the Assumption of Mary (asunción) .