Pinilla Trasmonte

Pinilla Trasmonte municipality
Pinilla Trasmonte - Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	Ribera del Duero
Coordinates	41 ° 52 ′  N , 3 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 52 ′  N , 3 ° 37 ′  W
Height :	950  msnm
Area :	68.31 km²
Residents :	171 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	2.5 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09354
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09270
administration
Website :	Pinilla Trasmonte

Pinilla Trasmonte is a place and a rural municipality in northern Spain ( municipio ) with 171 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the west of the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile-León .

Location and climate

The place Pinilla Trasmonte is located on the Río Esgueva approx. 15 km south of the Río Arlanza in the Castilian plateau (meseta) a good 73 km (driving distance) southeast of the provincial capital Burgos at an altitude of approx. 950  m ; the historically significant small town of Aranda de Duero is a good 32 km south. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 535 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2018
Residents	698	719	692	224	167

The mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the associated loss of jobs have led to a significant decline in the number of inhabitants since the middle of the 20th century ( rural exodus ).

economy

The inhabitants of the rural community live mainly from agriculture (agriculture, cattle breeding and viticulture); the community is part of the Arlanza (DO) wine-growing region . Since the 1960s, the summer rental of holiday homes (casas rurales) has also played a certain economic role.

history

Almost nothing is known about the origins of the place. The scanty remains of a Celtic settlement have been found on the nearby Alto de San Pedro hill ; The existence of a road has been handed down from Roman times, but has not yet been confirmed by finds. Visigothic and even Moorish traces are missing. In the early 10th century, the area was conquered by the Christians under the leadership of King Alfonso III. recaptured ( reconquista ) and then repopulated or repopulated ( repoblación ) ; The place whose two stone bridges were important for the annual river crossings of the shepherds and their flocks ( transhumance and drift paths in Spain ) was probably built during this period .

Attractions

Pinilla Trasmonte - stone bridge

• The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and was built in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The bell tower (campanario) rises unusually above the apse . The south portal shows clear Renaissance forms (fluted columns, arabesques, etc.); it leads into the three-aisled interior of the church, which is covered by late Gothic star vaults .
• On the outskirts there are still some Felsenkeller ( bodegas ) , a covered wooden livestock crush (potro de herrar) , a bakery (horno) and a washing area (lavadero) with connected watering cattle (Abrevadero) .

Surroundings

• The Ermita de la Virgen , about 2 km from the village, is an unadorned building from the 18th or 19th century.
• Two early modern stone bridges (Puente arriba and Puente bajero) lead over the Río Esgueva.

Web links

Commons : Pinilla Trasmonte  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Pinilla Trasmonte - Infos (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. ↑ Pinilla Trasmonte / Ciruelos de Cervera - climate tables
3. ↑ Pinilla Trasmonte - population development