Pancorbo

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Pancorbo municipality
Pancorbo - town view with Montes Obarenes
Pancorbo - town view with Montes Obarenes
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Coat of arms of Pancorbo
Pancorbo (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Castile and Leon
Province : Burgos
Comarca : Valle del Ebro
Coordinates 42 ° 38 ′  N , 3 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 38 ′  N , 3 ° 7 ′  W
Height : 635  msnm
Area : 58.45 km²
Residents : 434 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 7.43 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 09280
Municipality number  ( INE ): 09251
administration
Website : Pancorbo

Pancorbo is a place and a municipality ( municipio ) with 434 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the extreme east of the province of Burgos in the autonomous region of Castile-León in northern Spain . Pancorbo was a station on a branch of the Camino de Santiago leading from Bayonne via Irún to Burgos .

Location and climate

The place Pancorbo is on the Río Oroncillo on the "Corridor of La Bureba " at the foot of the Montes Obarenes at an altitude of about 635  m . The provincial capital Burgos is about 66 km (driving distance) in a south-westerly direction; the town of Miranda de Ebro is about 18 km northeast. The cities of Frías (approx. 29 km northwest) and Briviesca (approx. 23 km southwest) are also interesting . The climate in winter is harsh, in summer it is temperate and warm; Rain (approx. 730 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year 1857 1900 1950 2000 2017
Residents 1,568 1,372 1,156 491 448

The mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms led to a significant decline in population in the second half of the 20th century.

economy

Agriculture, which also included a little cattle breeding (e.g. pigs, chickens), has always played the most important role for the population of the region; Crafts, trade and service industries developed on a small scale in the village itself. Several houses in the village are now rented out as holiday apartments (casas rurales) .

history

Celtic , Roman , Visigoth and even Moorish traces are missing, although their presence in the region is likely. Around the year 880 a Castrum Pontecurbum is mentioned in a document; In 957 a place is mentioned for the first time. The place was probably founded or repopulated ( repoblación ) by the Counts of Castile in the 9th or early 10th century ; it was an important border fortress to the Kingdom of Navarre and was granted rights and privileges ( foros ) by King Alfonso VII in 1147 , which helped Pancorbo to flourish between the 14th and 16th centuries.

Attractions

Iglesia de Santiago
Surroundings
  • Several hiking trails are marked in the mountains of the Montes Obarenes ; a short one also leads to the vicinity of the castle ruins.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Pancorbo  - 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. Pancorbo - Way of St. James
  3. Pancorbo - climate tables
  4. Pancorbo - population development
  5. ^ Pancorbo story
  6. ^ Pancorbo - Castillo
  7. ^ Pancorbo - Iglesia de Santiago
  8. ^ Pancorbo - Iglesia de San Nicolás
  9. Juan de Pancorbo