Jarilla

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Jarilla municipality
Jarilla - town center
Jarilla - town center
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Jarilla coat of arms
Jarilla (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : ExtremaduraExtremadura Extremadura
Province : Cáceres
Comarca : Trasierra - Tierras de Granadilla
Coordinates 40 ° 10 ′  N , 6 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 10 ′  N , 6 ° 0 ′  W
Height : 495  msnm
Area : 28.47 km²
Residents : 136 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 4.78 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 10728
Municipality number  ( INE ): 10106
administration
Website : Jarilla

Jarilla is a place and a municipality ( municipio ) with 136 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the north of the province of Cáceres in the autonomous region of Extremadura in western Spain . The place was on the ancient trade route Via de la Plata , a branch of the Camino de Santiago coming from the south ( Seville , Mérida , Cáceres ) and joining the main route at León or Astorga .

location

The place Jarilla is located on a small stream (garganta) about 21 km (driving distance) northeast of the town of Plasencia at an altitude of about 465 to 495  m . The imposing town of Hervás is only 20 km to the northeast. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 470 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year 1857 1900 1950 2000 2017
Residents 454 645 616 190 140

The significant population decline since the 1950s is mainly due to the mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms and the associated loss of jobs.

economy

The fertile but stony soils in the area provided the basis for the cultivation of wheat and other crops for the inhabitants who, in earlier times, were mainly self-sufficient . In the village itself, traders, craftsmen and service providers of all kinds gradually settled down, but most of them have given up their business in the last few decades.

history

Celtic and Visigoth finds were as good as not made; however, the foundations of a Roman temple were discovered in the municipality - a sanctuary which was probably connected to the nearby Roman city of Cáparra . The region was overrun by the Arabs and their Moorish auxiliaries in the 8th century ; However, there is no archaeological evidence. The area around Jarilla was occupied around 1200 by the Castilian - Leonese troops of Alfonso IX. (ruled 1188–1230) recaptured from the hands of the Moors ( reconquista ) and successively repopulated by Christians from the north and by refugees from Al-Andalus ( repoblación ) .

Attractions

  • The parish church of San Gregorio Magno , which dates back to the 16th century but was later rebuilt several times, is consecrated to Pope and church father Gregory the Great († 604); The year 1852 can be found above the portal. The unplastered, free-standing bell tower (campanario) could go back to a previous church.
Surroundings
  • On the summit of Cerro de Piedras Labradas , about three kilometers away , the foundations of a Roman temple , measuring approximately 5.80 mx 4.55 m, were uncovered.
  • The ruins of the Roman city of Cáparra are about twelve kilometers to the west.

Web links

Commons : Jarilla  - 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. ↑ Jarilla - climate tables
  3. ↑ Jarilla - population development