Mayorga (Valladolid)

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Mayorga municipality
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Mayorga (Valladolid) (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Castile and Leon
Province : Valladolid
Comarca : Tierra de Campos
Coordinates 42 ° 10 ′  N , 5 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 10 ′  N , 5 ° 16 ′  W
Height : 774  msnm
Area : 163.40 km²
Residents : 1,509 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 9.24 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 47680
Municipality number  ( INE ): 47084
administration
Website : www.mayorga.ayuntamientosdevalladolid.es

Mayorga is a small town and municipality ( municipio ) with 1509 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Valladolid and the region of Castile-León in northern Spain .

location

Mayorga lies at an altitude of approx. 775 meters above sea level. d. M. on the Río Cea in the northwest of the province of Valladolid not far from the border with the western neighboring province of León . The provincial capital Valladolid is about 80 kilometers (driving distance) to the southeast; the at St. James ( French Way Town preferred) Sahagún is located about 31 kilometers north-east.

Population development

year 1960 1970 1981 1991 2001 2011
Residents 2,364 2,108 1,715 1,639 1,771 1.937

Until the 1980s, the community always had well over 2,000 inhabitants.

economy

Agriculture, which also included a little cattle breeding (e.g. pigs, chickens), has always played the most important role for the population of the region; Crafts, trade and service industries developed in the village itself. In the second half of the 20th century, the tourism sector gained a certain importance as a source of income for the place.

history

The region belonged to the Vaccaei settlement area in pre-Roman times ; Claudius Ptolemy later mentions a place called Meóriga , which is equated with Mayorga. In the early and high Middle Ages, the place played a not insignificant role as a border town to the Kingdom of León , to which it even belonged at times. In the 13th century, the place was temporarily owned by the House of Castro and under the manorial rule ( señorio ) of the - meanwhile destroyed - Cistercian monastery of Santa María de Sobrado . Mayorga was surrounded by a city wall by the 14th century at the latest.

Attractions

Iglesia Santa María de Arbas
City hall arcades and tower of San Salvador
  • Only a few parts of the medieval city wall have survived - including a gate, which is commonly only called El Arco ('the arch').
  • The church of Santa María de Arbas, which is largely made of brick, is a testimony to the Mudéjar style in the region, which primarily includes the churches of Sahagún . The striking bell tower is largely unadorned; the entrance to the church is in the south porch ( portico ). The church is furnished with two baroque altars and the statues of San Antón and San Roque .
  • The two churches of Santa Marina and Santa María del Mercado , dating from the 15th century, are also largely made of bricks.
  • All that remains of the baroque church of San Salvador is the 18th century bell tower, square below, octagonal above and closed in a dome with a lantern . The church itself was completely rebuilt in the 1970s. Inside it hides an extraordinary late Gothic altarpiece with pictures of the Master of Palanquinos (photo → weblink), which originally stood in the church of Santa María de Arbas .
  • An imposing court column ( roller blind ) from the 17th century is to be seen as a sign of the small town's extensive independence.
  • The town hall ( ayuntamiento ) is located in a two-storey arcade-lined city palace from the same period.
  • In the heart of the city is the Museo del Pan , which has dedicated itself entirely to the production and history of the staple bread.

Festivals

Apart from the usual feast days, the residents of Mayorga celebrate the day of the transfer of part of the relics of St. Toribio (see below).

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Mayorga  - 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).