La Bañeza

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La Bañeza municipality
La Bañeza - Plaza Mayor with town hall and main church
La Bañeza - Plaza Mayor with town hall and main church
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Coat of arms of La Bañeza
La Bañeza (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Castile LeonCastile and León Castile and León
Province : Leon
Comarca : La Valduerna
Coordinates 42 ° 18 ′  N , 5 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 18 ′  N , 5 ° 54 ′  W
Height : 770  msnm
Area : 19.71 km²
Residents : 10,338 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 524.51 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 24750
Municipality number  ( INE ): 24010
administration
Website : La Bañeza

La Bañeza is a small town in northern Spain and a municipality ( municipio ) with 10,338 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the south of the province of León in the autonomous community of Castile-León .

Location and climate

The city of La Bañeza is located at the confluence of the Río Tuerto in the Río Órbigo at an altitude of about 770  m . Almost 28 km (driving distance) separate the place from the northwestern city of Astorga ; It is a good 50 km to León in a north-easterly direction. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 520 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year 1857 1900 1950 2000 2018
Residents 3,106 3,360 7,020 10,404 10,307

Due to the increasing mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the resulting lack of jobs, many families and individuals migrated to the cities since the beginning of the 20th century ( rural exodus ). The municipality also includes the hamlets (pedanías) San Mamés de la Vega and Santiago de la Valduerna , each with around 100 inhabitants.

economy

Agriculture is traditionally at the forefront of the municipality's economic life. In the past, wheat, barley, wine and vegetables were also cultivated in protected locations; later potatoes were added. Today companies in the preservation and packaging industries as well as the service sector play important roles in the city's economic life.

history

In ancient times, Celts from the Asturian tribe settled in the area, who lived in the area between 29 and 19 BC. Was conquered by the Romans . It was due to a not unimportant road connection from the central Spanish highlands ( meseta ) with the cities of Salamanca , Zamora , Medina del Campo and others to Galicia . In the 5th century, a battle between the Visigoths and Suebi took place near La Bañeza , from which the Visigoths emerged victorious, but later migrated further south. In the 8th century Arab-Moorish armies penetrated as far as the north of the Iberian Peninsula , but by the middle of the 9th century the Christians under the leadership of Count Gatón del Bierzo pushed them back to the Duero border ( reconquista ) ; thereafter an intensive resettlement policy took place ( repoblación ) . Only the advances of Almansor caused unrest shortly before the turn of the millennium. In the Middle Ages - especially after the unification of the kingdoms of Castile and León in 1230 - Bañesa was an important trading and economic center.

Attractions

Iglesia de Santa María
  • The origins of the Iglesia de San Salvador are in the 9th century; it was destroyed during the Almansor campaigns, but rebuilt as a three-aisled church in the 11th century . Inside there is a baroque altarpiece (retablo) .
  • The also three-aisled Iglesia de Santa María was built in the 16./17. Century on the site of a previous medieval building. In 1894, the upper floor of the bell tower (campanario), built from 1750 onwards, fell victim to a fire. Inside the church, the baroque altarpiece and several canvas paintings are impressive.
  • The Capilla de Nuestra Señora de las Angustias y Soledad has been transformed into a small museum for religious art.
  • The old hospital and the Capilla de la Vera Cruz date from the 16th century.
  • The city center is characterized by numerous buildings in the style of the Spanish founding period (modernismo) . The town hall (ayuntamiento) dates from 1909.

Web links

Commons : La Bañeza  - 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. ↑ La Bañeza - climate tables
  3. ↑ La Bañeza - population development
  4. ↑ La Bañesa - History
  5. ↑ La Bañesa - Church of San Salvador
  6. ↑ La Bañesa - Church of Santa María
  7. ↑ La Bañesa - Capilla de Nuestra Señora de las Angustias
  8. ↑ La Bañesa - Capilla de la Vera Cruz