Llamas de la Ribera

Municipality of Llamas de la Ribera
Llamas de la Ribera - Church
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Leon
Comarca :	Ribera del Órbigo
Coordinates	42 ° 38 ′  N , 5 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 38 ′  N , 5 ° 50 ′  W
Height :	895  msnm
Area :	59.88 km²
Residents :	825 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	13.78 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	24271
Municipality number  ( INE ):	24092
administration
Website :	Llamas de la Ribera

Llamas de la Ribera is a northern Spanish town and municipality ( municipio ) with 825 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of León in the autonomous community of Castile-León .

location

The town and municipality of Llamas de la Ribera are located on the western bank of the Río Órbigo at an altitude of approx. 895 meters above sea level. d. M. The provincial capital León is about 36 kilometers (driving distance) to the east; to Astorga it is about 42 kilometers in a south-westerly direction. The municipality also includes the villages of Quintanilla de Sollamas , San Román de los Caballeros and Villaviciosa de la Ribera .

Population development

year	1960	1970	1981	1991	2001	2014
Residents	2,286	2,049	2,035	1,399	1,167	916

In the 19th century the population of the community grew to about 2,000 people. Due to the increasing mechanization of agriculture and the resulting loss of jobs, it fell to the current lows in the second half of the 20th century.

economy

The high-altitude community has been predominantly agriculturally oriented for centuries, with cattle breeding playing an important role; Also hop is grown (see Arms). Since the middle of the 20th century, tourism has played an increasingly important role in the form of renting holiday apartments ( casas rurales ).

history

It can be assumed that the Asturian tribe already settled in the Llamas area. The place name Valdellamas probably comes from the Romans ; perhaps flax was already being grown on a large scale at that time , and this became of great importance in the Middle Ages. It was also the Romans who built a bridge over the Río Órbigo a few kilometers south , which was later also used by the Santiago pilgrims. Visigoths and Moors left no archaeologically usable traces on the municipality.

Attractions

• Some of the town's houses, some of which date from the 18th and 19th centuries, are built around inner courtyards ( patios ).
• The single-nave parish church ( Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción ) with a transept is a 17th century building and, with the exception of the red corner stones and window frames, is made of rubble stones ( mamposteria ). The bell storey of the west tower, which ends at the top with a hood and a lantern on it, also shows precisely worked sandstone. The portal is - as is often found in the region - on the south side.

Web links

Commons : Llamas de la Ribera  - 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).