La Puebla de Arganzón

Municipality of La Puebla de Arganzón
La Puebla de Arganzón - View of the town with a sloping bridge over the Río Zadorra
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	Valle de Ebro
Coordinates	42 ° 46 ′  N , 2 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 46 ′  N , 2 ° 50 ′  W
Height :	482  msnm
Area :	18.87 km²
Residents :	506 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	26.82 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09294
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09276
administration
Website :	La Puebla de Arganzón

La Puebla de Arganzón ( Argantzun in Basque ) is a municipality ( municipio ) with 506 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) , which historically and politically belongs to the province of Burgos and the autonomous region of Castile-León in northern Spain . The municipality, together with the neighboring municipality of Condado de Treviño, forms a Burgales enclave within the Basque province of Álava .

Location and climate

The place La Puebla de Arganzón is located on a branch of the Way of St. James coming from San Sebastián on the east bank of the Río Zadorra at a height of approx. 480  m . The place is about 100 km (driving distance) in a north-easterly direction from the city of Burgos ; the closest Castilian town is Miranda de Ebro (just under 18 km southwest). The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 785 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	762	600	606	383	502

The mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms have led to a significant decline in the number of inhabitants since the middle of the 20th century, but this has been reversed since the beginning of the 21st century. The community also includes the hamlet (pedanía) Villanueva de la Oca , which has only about 5 inhabitants .

economy

The region, which is quite rainy by Spanish standards, has been shaped by agriculture for centuries. Since the 1960s, tourism within Spain has played an increasing role in economic life in the form of renting out holiday apartments (casas rurales) .

history

There are a few caves in the municipality where small prehistoric finds were discovered. Celtic , Roman , Visigoth and even Moorish traces are missing, however. The first documented evidence of the location seems to come from the year 871. Under Alfonso VIII (reigned 1158–1214) the area came to the Kingdom of Castile and in the 14th century came under the manorial rule (señorio) of the House of Velasco, which had held the title of duke since 1492 ; it never belonged to the neighboring county of Treviño, with which it forms a Burgalesian exclave within the Basque province of Álava.

Attractions

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción - Choir with altarpieces

• Only small remains of the four-door medieval city ​​wall have survived .
• A medieval gradient bridge crosses the Río Zadorra.
• Several houses in the village have heraldic shields made of stone .
• The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary . The construction of the three-aisled hall church began at the end of the 15th century; both portals show clear echoes of the late Gothic . The star vault of the central nave clearly surpasses the simpler vaults of the side aisles; all three apses close flat. The Renaissance carved altar from 1535, which is divided into numerous fields, shows scenes from the life of Mary and ends in an impressive crucifixion group with a painted star background.

Surroundings

• The late medieval Hospital de Santiago stands outside the former city wall on a branch line of the Camino de Santiago .
• Of the Castillo de Arganzón, which is about 4 km away, only the keep (torre del homenaje) can be seen.

Web links

Commons : Condado de Treviño  - collection of images

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 Puebla de Arganzón - climate tables
3. ↑ La Puebla de Arganzón - population development
4. ↑ La Puebla de Arganzón - History
5. ↑ La Puebla de Arganzón - Church
6. ↑ La Puebla de Arganzón - Hospital de Santiago
7. ↑ La Puebla de Arganzón - Castillo