Nieva de Cameros

Municipality of Nieva de Cameros
Nieva de Cameros - View of town with castle hill
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	La Rioja
Province :	La Rioja
Comarca :	Camero Nuevo
Coordinates	42 ° 13 ′  N , 2 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 13 ′  N , 2 ° 40 ′  W
Height :	1020  msnm
Area :	42.05 km²
Residents :	90 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	2.14 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	26124
Municipality number  ( INE ):	26107
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Website :	Nieva de Cameros

Nieva de Cameros is a mountain town and a municipality ( municipio ) belonging to the poorly populated region of the Serranía Celtibérica with a total of only 90 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the autonomous community of La Rioja in northern Spain .

Location and climate

The place Nieva de Cameros is located in a side valley of the Río Iregua a good 41 km (driving distance) southwest of the provincial capital Logroño at an altitude of about 1020  m . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 635 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	1995	2018
Residents	571	711	454	128	92

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 declined significantly since the middle of the 20th century.

economy

For centuries, the community was oriented towards agriculture for the purpose of self-sufficiency , with livestock farming (milk, cheese, meat) in the foreground. In addition, clothes were made from the sheep's wool. Today holiday apartments (casas rurales) are rented out mainly in the summer months . The hamlet (pedanía) Montemediano de Cameros , which still has just under 20 inhabitants, also belongs to the community .

history

Celtiberian , Roman , Visigoth and even Islamic-Moorish traces of settlement were not discovered in the municipality. The high-lying area served as summer pasture for sheep and goats for centuries . A military reconquest ( reconquista ) by the Christians did not take place, but the place was gradually settled as part of the Repoblación . In the Middle Ages, the region was disputed between the kingdoms of Castile and the Kingdom of Navarre . In the Middle Ages, the area of ​​the Tierra de Cameros was part of the possession of the House of Lara , i.e. Castile. In 1366, the Castilian King Henry of Trastamara handed over 40 villages in the Tierra de Cameros area to his faithful Juan de Arellano, whose successors, the Condes de Águilar and the Duques de Abrantes , remained the landlords (señores) of the area for a long time . After the abolition of all manorials in 1811, the Cameros came to the province of Soria and in 1822 to the newly created province of Logroño , from which the La Rioja region later emerged.

Attractions

Church in the hamlet of Montemediano

• The castle (castillo) , enthroned on a mountain peak above the town , belonged to various landlords (señores) in the course of its history .
• The single-nave and only two- bay Iglesia de San Martín , built mostly from uncut rubble stones , dates from the 16th century; the brick bell floor of the tower was added in the 18th century. Inside there is a statue of Our Lady from the 12th century.
• There are several chapels (ermitas) in and around the village .

Montemediano

• The small Iglesia de la Visitación, also built from rubble stones , in the hamlet of Montemediano , about 3.5 km south, has a two-part bell gable (espadaña) ; however, the entrance is on the south side.

Web links

Commons : Nieva de Cameros  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nieva de Cameros - Photos + short information (wikirioja, Spanish)
• Nieva de Cameros - photos + short 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. ↑ Nieva de Cameros - climate tables
3. ↑ Nieva de Cameros - population development
4. ↑ Nieva de Cameros - Castle
5. ↑ Nieva de Cameros - Church