Malpartida de Corneja

Malpartida de Corneja municipality
Malpartida de Corneja - town view
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and Leon
Province :	Ávila
Comarca :	Valdecorneja
Coordinates	40 ° 31 ′  N , 5 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 31 ′  N , 5 ° 21 ′  W
Height :	1040  msnm
Area :	19.07 km²
Residents :	99 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	5.19 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	05512
Municipality number  ( INE ):	05116
administration
Website :	Malpartida de Corneja

Malpartida de Corneja is a western Spanish town and municipality ( municipio ) with only 99 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Ávila in the autonomous community of Castile-León .

Location and climate

The place Malpartida de Corneja is located in a fertile valley basin about 3 km north of the Río Corneja in the Sierra de Gredos at an altitude of about 1040  m . The provincial capital Ávila is just 67 km (driving distance) to the northeast; the city of Salamanca is a good 60 km to the north-west. The neighboring town of Piedrahíta, which is worth seeing, is only about 7 km south. The climate in winter is often harsh, but in summer it is mostly temperate and warm; the rather sparse rain (approx. 460 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2018
Residents	421	586	552	205	102

As a result of the mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms, the population of the municipality has fallen to its current low since the middle of the 20th century.

economy

Agriculture, especially cattle breeding, traditionally plays the largest role in the economic life of the small mountain community. Income from tourism in the form of renting out holiday homes (casas rurales) has increased over the last few decades.

history

Village church

Fitting device (potro de herrar)

Little information is available on the history of the small town; foundations from Roman times have been discovered near the former hermit church of San Ildefonso .

Attractions

• The single-nave parish church of Santo Tomás Apóstol in the village dates from the 16th and 17th centuries. Century. The polygonally broken apse has no windows; the church is dominated by an unadorned bell tower. Inside it contains two baroque altarpieces , one of which comes from the hermit chapel of San Ildefonso , which has disappeared .
• In the outskirts of the village there is still a claw stand (potro de herrar) , as it used to be seen in many villages in Europe. Here the draft animals (mostly ox) were fixed with ropes or belts before being shod or hoofed care; The hoof care of cows was also sometimes done here. A similar fitting can be found in the neighboring village of Villar de Corneja .

Web links

Commons : Malpartida de Corneja  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Valle del Corneja, sights - photos + information (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).
2. ↑ Malpartida de Corneja - climate tables
3. ↑ Malpartida de Corneja - population development