Hornillos de Cerrato

Municipality of Hornillos de Cerrato
Hornillos de Cerrato - Castle ruins (Castillo)
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Palencia
Comarca :	El Cerrato
Coordinates	41 ° 59 ′  N , 4 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 59 ′  N , 4 ° 16 ′  W
Height :	845  msnm
Area :	35.36 km²
Residents :	141 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	3.99 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	34249
Municipality number  ( INE ):	34087
administration
Website :	Hornillos de Cerrato

Hornillos de Cerrato is a place and a northern Spanish municipality (municipio) with only 141 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile-León .

Location and climate

The place Hornillos de Cerrato is a good 6 km southeast of the Río Arlanza in the old Castilian Meseta at an altitude of approx. 845  m . The provincial capital Palencia is a good 28 km (driving distance) to the west; the cities of Burgos and Valladolid are approx. 74 km to the northeast and 65 km to the southwest, respectively. The climate in winter is cool, in summer, despite the altitude, it is temperate to warm; Precipitation (approx. 480 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2018
Residents	477	382	491	130	143

The significant population decline that has been observed since the middle of the 20th century is essentially due to the mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms and the resulting loss of jobs ( rural exodus ).

economy

In earlier times, the residents of the place and the entire region lived almost without exception as self-sufficient on the yields of their fields and house gardens; also viticulture and livestock were operated. Centuries ago, small traders, craftsmen and service providers of all kinds settled in the town itself, but they gave up their business due to the enormous decline in population. At the beginning of the 20th century, the entire region was affected by the phylloxera crisis. Hornillos de Cerrato is now part of the Arlanza (DO) wine-growing region .

history

From antiquity to the Middle Ages, the region or the place experienced roughly the same history as the more famous neighboring town of Torquemada . In the 15th century, the administrative area of ​​the Merindad de Cerrato emerged with Palenzuela as the main town. In 1507, the funeral procession led by Johanna the Mad , accompanied by her late husband Philip the Fair, came through Hornillos.

Iglesia de San Miguel Arcángel

Attractions

• A simple castle (castillo) already existed in the 13th century. However, this was converted into a square complex with four corner towers in the early 16th century . Then the owners changed repeatedly and the castle gradually fell into disrepair.
• The Iglesia de San Miguel Arcángel is a 13th century building; It was rebuilt in the 18th century, but the overall rather unadorned building remained unfinished. The west facade is raised by a bell gable (espadaña) .

Web links

Commons : Hornillos de Cerrato  - 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 Cerrato - Climate tables
3. ↑ Hornillos de Cerrato - population development
4. ↑ Hornillos de Cerrato - History and Sights
5. ↑ Hornillos de Cerrato - Castle
6. ↑ Hornillos de Cerrato - Castle