Mingorría
Mingorría municipality | ||
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coat of arms | Map of Spain | |
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Castile and Leon | |
Province : | Ávila | |
Comarca : | Ávila | |
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 | |
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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
- 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
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Mingorría - climate tables
- ↑ Mingorría - Population Development
- ↑ Mingorría - History
- ↑ Mingorría - livestock crush