Navacerrada

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Navacerrada municipality
Navacerrada - view of town with reservoir
Navacerrada - view of town with reservoir
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Navacerrada Coat of Arms
Navacerrada (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Madrid
Coordinates 40 ° 44 ′  N , 4 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 44 ′  N , 4 ° 1 ′  W
Height : 1200  msnm
Area : 27.29 km²
Residents : 2,972 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 108.9 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 28491
Municipality number  ( INE ): 28093
administration
Website : Navacerrada

Navacerrada is a small town and a municipality (municipio) with a total of 2,972 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the northwest of the autonomous region of Madrid ( Spain ).

Location and climate

The place Navacerrada is located on the upper reaches of the Río Samburiel (or Río Navacerrada ) in the southern foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama about 53 km (driving distance) northwest of Madrid at about 1200 to 1300  m altitude. The top of the pass and the ski resort of Puerto de Navacerrada are only about 10 km to the north. The climate in winter is cool, whereas in summer it is temperate to warm; Precipitation in the form of rain and snow (approx. 505 mm / year) mainly falls in the winter half-year.

Population development

year 1857 1900 1950 2000 2018
Residents 351 249 582 1,880 2,911

The significant increase in population that has been recorded since the middle of the 20th century is mainly due to the proximity to the greater Madrid area, the construction of a sanatorium and increasing tourism within Spain.

economy

Originally the area was only a summer pasture for the cattle of the shepherds who set out from the valleys to the mountain regions every summer ( transhumance ). Later, agriculture and forestry added. With the construction of a road at the beginning of the 20th century and the increasing importance as a climatic health resort and summer resort , the service sector experienced an enormous appreciation; there was also a ski area above the village.

history

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Navacerrada

Celtic , Roman , Visigoth and even Moorish traces have not yet been discovered. The area was in the 11./12. Recovered by Christians in the 19th century ( reconquista ) ; after that it was gradually repopulated by new settlers ( repoblación ) . At that time or later, a small hostel was built for the traders and merchants on their way to and from Segovia. In 1435 the area came into the possession of Iñigo López de Mendoza , the marquis (marqués) of Santillana, but it was not until 1636 that the place received city ​​rights (villa) . The current church was built in the 18th century.

Attractions

  • The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Navacerrada is the oldest building in the town; it has a bell tower (campanario) and a south-facing porch (portico) . The nave (nature) is of an open roof covers and contains a medieval font .
  • The Fuente de San Antonio is a spring that has been in use for centuries, with an enclosure redesigned in the 1950s.

Web links

Commons : Navacerrada  - 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).
  2. Navacerrada - Climate tables
  3. Navacerrada - Population Development
  4. Navacerrada Church
  5. Navacerrada - source