Navamorales
| Navamorales municipality | |||
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 Sunset at Navamorales
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Basic data | |||
| Autonomous Community : | Castile and Leon | ||
| Province : | Salamanca | ||
| Comarca : | Alto Tormes | ||
| Coordinates | 40 ° 29 ′ N , 5 ° 29 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 994 msnm | ||
| Area : | 17.53 km² | ||
| Residents : | 51 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 2.91 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 37749 | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 37218 | ||
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| Website : | Navamorales | ||
Navamorales is a central Spanish town and municipality ( municipio ) with only about 51 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile-León .
Location and climate
The place Navamorales is located in the Valle del Corneja near the confluence of the Río Corneja in the Río Tormes at an altitude of about 995 m . The place is about 75 km (driving distance) southeast of the provincial capital Salamanca ; the city of Ávila is about 83 km to the northeast. The neighboring town of Piedrahíta, which is well worth seeing, is only 15 km to the east. The climate in winter is often harsh, but in summer it is mostly temperate and warm; the rather sparse rain (approx. 470 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.
Population development
| year | 1857 | 1900 | 1950 | 2000 | 2018 |
| Residents | 573 | 735 | 777 | 172 | 56 |
As a result of the mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms, the number of inhabitants has fallen to the current low since the middle of the 20th century.
economy
Agriculture, especially cattle breeding, traditionally plays the largest role in the economic life of the small mountain community. Income from tourism through the rental of holiday apartments (casas rurales) has increased in the last few decades.
history
In prehistoric grave mound ( tumulus ) and some Roman and Islamic coins of the community were found in the area, but these are no indications of a permanent settlement. On the contrary, the Islamic advance at the beginning of the 8th century led to a depopulation (depoblación) of the former Christian areas, which were only repopulated in the 11th and 12th centuries ( repoblación ) . In 1833 the place came from the province of Avila to the province of Salamanca.
Attractions
- The Tumulus El Turrión is one of the few of its kind that was built at such an altitude and far away from the coast. According to previous knowledge, it does not seem to belong to the megalithic culture, but to a later culture.
- The three-aisled parish church of Nuestra Señora de la Natividad preserves an altarpiece with Churrigueresque style elements from around 1700.
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).
- ↑ Navamorales - Population Development