Hornillos de Cameros

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Basic data
Autonomous Community : La RiojaLa Rioja La Rioja
Comarca : Tierra de Cameros
Coordinates 42 ° 13 ′  N , 2 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 13 ′  N , 2 ° 25 ′  W
Height : 1150  msnm
Area : 11.9 km²
Residents : 17 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 1.43 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 26133
Municipality number  ( INE ): 26077
administration
Website : Hornillos de Cameros

Hornillos de Cameros is a place and a municipality ( municipio ) belonging to the populous Serranía Celtibérica with only 17 permanent residents (as of January 1, 2019) in the autonomous community of La Rioja in northern Spain .

Location and climate

The place Hornillos de Cameros is located in a side valley of the Río Leza a good 45 km (driving distance) south of the provincial capital Logroño at an altitude of about 1150  m . Soria , the capital of the Old Castilian province bordering the Rioja to the south , is located approx. 72 km south. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 705 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year 1857 1900 1950 2001 2018
Residents 222 203 115 18th 18th

As a result of the mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the resulting lower demand for labor, the number of inhabitants in the mountain town has declined significantly since the beginning of the 20th century ( rural exodus ).

economy

For centuries, the community was agriculturally oriented for the purpose of self-sufficiency , with livestock farming (milk, cheese, meat) in the foreground; Weaving products were made from the sheep's wool and could also be exchanged or sold. Today holiday apartments (casas rurales) are rented out mainly in the summer months .

history

Celtiberian , Roman , Visigoth and even Islamic-Moorish traces of settlement were not discovered in the municipality. The high-lying area served as summer pasture for sheep and goats for centuries . A military reconquest ( reconquista ) by the Christians did not take place, but the region (probably as a retreat for Christians) was gradually settled before and during the Repoblación . Since around 1040 the area belonged to García Sánchez III. Navarra created manorial (señorio) of Tierra de Cameros . The place is first mentioned by name in a deed of donation from the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla from 1104. In the Middle Ages, the region was at times disputed between the kingdoms of Castile and Navarre . In 1366 the proclaimed Castilian king Henry of Trastamara gave the territory of the Cameros to his faithful Juan Ramírez de Arellano, the later Count of Aguilar, whose descendants ruled for a long time. After the abolition of the manors in 1811, it belonged to the province of Soria and only came to the newly created province of Logroño in 1833, from which the region of La Rioja later emerged.

Iglesia de NS de la Asunción

Attractions

  • The single-nave Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción , built in the 17th century, is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary . The bell tower (campanario) is in front of the west side of the church; as usual in the region, the entrance is on the south side.
  • Two hermit chapels belong to the community: Ermita de San Adrian and Ermita de la Virgen de los Remedios .
  • In the village there is an ice cellar (nevera) that used to be much used .

literature

Web links

Commons : Hornillos de Cameros  - 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. ↑ Hornillos de Cameros - climate tables
  3. ↑ Hornillos de Cameros - population development
  4. ↑ Hornillos de Cameros - History