Munilla (La Rioja)

Munilla municipality
Munilla - the townscape
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	La Rioja
Comarca :	Arnedo
Coordinates	42 ° 11 ′  N , 2 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 11 ′  N , 2 ° 18 ′  W
Height :	790  msnm
Area :	54.19 km²
Residents :	115 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	2.12 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	26568
Municipality number  ( INE ):	26098
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Website :	Munilla

Munilla is a remote, small mountain village and a municipality ( municipio ) consisting of the town and the hamlet (pedanía) Peroblasco with 115 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the south of the autonomous community of La Rioja in Spain .

location

The place Munilla is located on the Río Manzanares near the border with the province of Soria at an altitude of about 790  m . The distance to the northern provincial capital Logroño is approx. 45 km (driving distance). The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 565 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2001	2018
Residents	2,342	1,725	1,017	120	108

As a result of the mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the resulting lower demand for labor, the number of inhabitants has fallen sharply since the second half of the 20th century.

economy

The small mountain village was and is largely shaped by agriculture, especially cattle breeding (milk, cheese). In earlier times, the place served as a handicraft and market center for some - now mostly abandoned - smaller farmsteads and hamlets in the area. In the 17th and 18th centuries there was an important cloth and shoe production. Tourism (hiking and holiday apartments) has played an important role as a source of income for the community since the middle of the 20th century.

history

A Roman inscription stone indicates that the place was in antiquity on a road from Calagurris Iulia ( Calahorra ) to Numantia (near Soria ). In the 6th century the Moors advanced to the north of the Iberian Peninsula . In the course of the reconquest of the occupied territories by the Christians ( reconquista ) , the area around Munilla was in the border area between the two cultures - the place is first mentioned by name in a document from 1024.

Attractions

abandoned village of La Santa

• The local parish church of San Miguel is dedicated to the Archangel Michael; it shows late Gothic style influences and dates from the 15th century. It has several remarkable altarpieces (retablos) from the 16th to 18th centuries.
• The Iglesia de Santa Maria de la Asunción is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary . It also comes from the 15./16. Century and has several altarpieces.
• The baroque Ermita de La Soledad is in the neighborhood.
• A double arched stone bridge from the 15th / 16th centuries Century (puente romano) spans the Río Manzanares.

Surroundings

• Four in the 19th and. 20th century abandoned hamlets (despoblados) in the area (La Monija , La Santa , Ribalmaguillo and San Vicente de Munilla) are worth a visit.
• The hamlet of Peroblasco , with only about 10 inhabitants, is located on a rock above the Río Cidacos .

Web links

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

• Munilla, 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. ↑ Munilla - climate tables
3. ^ Munilla - population development
4. ^ Munilla story
5. ↑ Munilla - Church of San Miguel
6. ↑ Munilla Bridge