La Hija de Dios

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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Castile and Leon
Province : Ávila
Comarca : Valle de Amblés
Coordinates 40 ° 32 ′  N , 4 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 32 ′  N , 4 ° 58 ′  W
Height : 1180  msnm
Area : 12.5 km²
Residents : 80 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 6.4 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 05131
Municipality number  ( INE ): 05096
administration
Website : La Hija de Dios

La Hija de Dios ("Daughter of God") is a place and a central Spanish municipality ( municipio ) with a total of 80 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the center of the province of Ávila in the autonomous community of Castile-León .

location

The place La Hija de Dios is located in the south of the Valle de Amblés on the north side of the Iberian Scheidegebirge at an altitude of about 1180 m above sea level. d. M. The city of Avila is a good 35 km (driving distance) to the northeast. The Río Adaja , a tributary of the Duero , flows about 4 km north of the place. The climate in winter is cool, in summer it is quite warm despite the altitude; the low amounts of precipitation (approx. 455 mm / year) fall - with the exception of the almost rainless summer months - distributed over the whole year.

Population development

year 1857 1900 1950 2000 2017
Residents 235 302 421 111 81

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

economy

Agriculture (especially livestock) has traditionally played the largest role in the community's formerly self-sufficient economy. Income from tourism in the form of renting out holiday homes ( casas rurales ) was added in the last decades of the 20th century. A sky observatory has been in the planning for years.

history

In the first millennium BC The Valle de Amblés belonged to the settlement area of ​​the Celtic Vettons . Roman , Visigoth and even Arabic-Moorish traces are missing. In the 11th and 12th centuries, the high valley was probably recaptured by the Christians more or less without a fight ( reconquista ) and then repopulated ( repoblación ) .

Attractions

The parish church of San Miguel Arcángel is dedicated to the Archangel Michael and was only built around the middle of the 20th century. The building, clad with granite stones on the outside, has a brick look on the inside; the apse is particularly emphasized by a kind of ribbed vault . The windows of the apse are rectangular, while those of the nave are round. The catenoidal cross-sections of the portal, the small bell gable and the nave are reminiscent of Antoni Gaudí's building ideas .

Web links

Commons : La Hija de Dios  - 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 Hija de Dios - map with altitude information
  3. ↑ La Hija de Dios - climate tables
  4. ↑ La Hija de Dios - population development
  5. ↑ La Hija de Dios - Church