Langa de Duero

Langa de Duero municipality
Langa de Duero - town hall with stork's nest
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Soria
Comarca :	Burgo de Osma (Comarca)
Coordinates	41 ° 37 ′  N , 3 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 37 ′  N , 3 ° 24 ′  W
Height :	962  msnm
Area :	189.91 km²
Residents :	704 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	3.71 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	42320
Municipality number  ( INE ):	42103
administration
Website :	Ayuntamiento de Langa de Duero www.langadeduero.es/ Ayuntamiento de Langa de Duero

Langa de Duero is a small northern Spanish municipality ( municipio ) with 704 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Soria in the autonomous region of Castile-León . The place is recognized as a cultural asset ( Bien de Interés Cultural ) in the Conjunto histórico-artístico category .

location

Langa de Duero is located on the north bank of the Río Duero at about 850 meters above sea level. d. M. about 30 kilometers (driving distance) southeast of Aranda de Duero ; the neighboring municipalities of Peñaranda de Duero and Coruña del Conde are about 17 kilometers to the north. The towns of San Esteban de Gormaz , Burgo de Osma and Berlanga de Duero are further east; the provincial capital Soria is about 90 kilometers northeast.

Population development

year	1960	1970	1981	1991	2001	2010
Residents	1,199	1,712	1,239	977	904	823

The significant increase in population between 1960 and 1970 is due to the incorporation of the villages of Alcozar , Bocigas de Perales , Valdanzo , Valdanzuelo and Zayas de Torre .

economy

Due to the altitude, the barren and stony soils and the low rainfall, the agricultural yields are low. The place is part of the Ribera del Duero wine region . As a result of the mechanization of agriculture , the town's population declined significantly in the second half of the 20th century.

history

Ancient authors such as Strabon , Apianus, Pliny and Diodorus Siculus mention a place called Segontio Lanka or Lagni , but it could also be the nearby Berlanga de Duero . Celtiberians , Romans and Visigoths were here without leaving any clear traces. During the Islamic period , the area was depopulated and was not repopulated ( repoblación ) until the 11th and 12th centuries by immigrants from the Christian north, but also from southern Spain . In the 18th century the place was transferred to the Count of Miranda.

Attractions

Langa de Duero - Torre del Castillo

Alcozar - church ruins, cemetery and the rest of the castle

Langa de Duero

• The mighty keep ( torre de homenaje ) of the medieval castle towers over the place - it is about 20 meters high, the side length is about 12 meters with a wall thickness of about two meters. The entrance was about 2.50 meters high and could only be reached via a ladder that could be pulled in in the event of a defense.
• The church of San Miguel Arcángel is an impressive one-nave building from the 15th century, of which only the apse has survived, over which - as part of a renovation in the 17th century - a bell gable ( espadaña ) was placed. The former west side was completely renewed and now forms the choir of the church.
• A twelve-arched - several times renewed - medieval bridge ( puente medieval ) leads over the Duero.

Bocigas de Perales

• The Iglesia de San Pedro is a rural Romanesque village church with a decoratively designed portal with braided band ornamentation , block frieze, etc.

Alcozar

• A partially ruined hermit church ( ermita ) stands near the small village . Some Romanesque console figures and capitals of the apse are still preserved.

Zayas del Torre

• The south portal of the church, protected by a vestibule, is well preserved. It is an unadorned archivolt portal in the style of the Cistercian Romanesque.

Web links

Commons : Langa de Duero  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Langa de Duero, historical buildings - photo + info (Spanish)
• Langa de Duero, Castillo - Photo + Info (Spanish)
• Romanesque churches in the vicinity of Berlanga - photo + info (Spanish)

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).