Padrones de Bureba

Parish of Padrones de Bureba
Padrones de Bureba - town view
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	La Bureba
Coordinates	42 ° 42 ′  N , 3 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 42 ′  N , 3 ° 32 ′  W
Height :	785  msnm
Area :	20.33 km²
Residents :	50 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	2.46 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09593
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09244
administration
Website :	Padrones de Bureba

Padrones de Bureba is a northern Spanish town and municipality ( municipio ) with only 50 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the northeast of the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile-León .

Location and climate

The place Padrones de Bureba is located on the Río Vadillo about 5 km west of the Montes Obarenes-San Zadornil nature reserve at an altitude of about 785  m . The city of Burgos is about 60 km (driving distance) in a south-westerly direction; the closest town is Briviesca (approx. 33 km southeast). The climate in winter is harsh, but in summer it is temperate and warm; the rain, which is abundant by Spanish standards (approx. 745 mm / year), falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	246	236	291	73	50

The mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms led to a lack of jobs and a significant decline in the number of inhabitants ( rural exodus ) since the 1950s .

economy

In earlier times, Padrones de Bureba was a self-sufficient farming village in the fertile and therefore agricultural surroundings of the Bureba . The field work is done by only a few farmers today; some houses are rented out as holiday apartments (casas rurales) in summer .

history

No evidence has yet been found from the Celtic , Roman , Visigothic and Islamic periods. In the 8th and early 9th centuries, the area was under Islamic-Moorish influence, but the area was neither permanently settled nor defended by the Berbers because of the unusually harsh and rainy climate . At the end of the 9th century, the Castilian Count Diego Rodríguez Porcelos received from King Alfons III. of Asturias the order to repopulate ( repoblación ) the depopulated land. The first mention of the place name Miaraueg comes from the year 1156.

Iglesia de San Mamés

Attractions

• The 15th / 16th Iglesia de San Mamés , built in the 17th century, is dedicated to St. Consecrated to Mamas of Cappadocia . The church portal is unusually on the north side. At some point the nave of the church was raised by approx. 1.50 m by a half-timbered structure that was visible from the outside . The 16th century altarpiece (retablo) is now in the Museo del Retablo in Burgos.
• The two chapels Ermita de Santa Olalla and Ermita de San Martín are just outside the village. They are the target of processions once a year .

Web links

Commons : Padrones de Bureba  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Padrones de Bureba - Photos + Info (wikiburgos, 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. ↑ Padrones de Bureba - climate tables
3. ↑ Padrones de Bureba - population development
4. ↑ Padrones de Bureba - History
5. ↑ Padrones de Bureba - altarpiece