Mingorría

Mingorría municipality
Mingorría - view of the town
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and Leon
Province :	Ávila
Comarca :	Ávila
Coordinates	40 ° 45 ′  N , 4 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 45 ′  N , 4 ° 40 ′  W
Height :	1030  msnm
Area :	30.69 km²
Residents :	387 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	12.61 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	05280
Municipality number  ( INE ):	05128
administration
Website :	Mingorría

Mingorría is a central Spanish mountain village and municipality ( municipio ) with a total of 387 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the southwest of the province of Ávila in the autonomous community of Castile-León .

Location and climate

The place Mingorría is located on the north side of the Iberian Scheidegebirge at an altitude of approx. 1030  m . The city of Ávila is only approx. 12 km (driving distance) to the south; to Madrid it is approx. 138 km in a southeast direction. The climate in winter is cool, in summer it is quite warm despite the altitude; Precipitation - sometimes in the form of snow - (approx. 400 mm / year) mainly falls in the winter half-year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	1,122	1,043	1,190	522	395

The enormous population decline ( rural exodus ) that has been observed since the middle of the 20th century is mainly due to the mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the associated loss of jobs. The almost abandoned hamlet (pedanía) Zorita de los Molinos also belongs to the municipality .

economy

Agriculture (especially cattle breeding) has traditionally played the most important role in the community's formerly self-sufficient economy. Sheep wool and flax used to be spun and woven in the winter months. There are several abandoned quarries (canteras) in the vicinity of the village . Since the last decades of the 20th century, income from tourism has been added in the form of renting holiday apartments (casas rurales) .

history

In the first millennium BC The municipality belonged to the settlement area of ​​the Celtic Vettons . Roman , Visigoth and even Arabic-Moorish traces are missing. In the 10th and 11th centuries, the region was probably recaptured by the Leonese kings more or less without a fight ( reconquista ) and then repopulated ( repoblación ) . Under Philip IV , the place received city ​​rights .

Attractions

Crucifix of Lospatos (1704)

• The Iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol - a three-aisled building from the early 17th century made of roughly hewn granite stones with a raised apse - was built on the site of a previous medieval building. The bell tower also has a small bell gable (espadaña) on top . Several baroque carved altars can be seen inside the church .
• On the outskirts there is a claw stand (potro de herrar) made of granite stones with crossbars from the 18th or 19th century.
• The Ermita de la Virgen or Ermita de San Cristóbal stands on a hill about 1 km southwest of the village on the foundations of a Visigothic building. Immediately next to it is a Celtic animal figure ( verraco ) .
• A stone cross (called Lospatos ) from 1704 stands in the middle of the fields on the border with the neighboring community.

Zorita de los Molinos

• The almost deserted hamlet has a small church, a medieval stone bridge and several mill ruins.

Web links

Commons : Mingorría  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mingorría - photos + brief information

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. ↑ Mingorría - climate tables
3. ↑ Mingorría - Population Development
4. ↑ Mingorría - History
5. ↑ Mingorría - livestock crush