Pozalmuro

Pozalmuro municipality
Pozalmuro - View of the town with the Iglesia de Santa María la Mayor
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Soria
Comarca :	Campo de Gómara
Coordinates	41 ° 46 ′  N , 2 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 46 ′  N , 2 ° 6 ′  W
Height :	1050  msnm
Area :	36.8 km²
Residents :	56 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	1.52 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	42313
Municipality number  ( INE ):	42142
administration
Website :	Pozalmuro

Pozalmuro is a place and a small municipality ( municipio ) with only 56 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the east of the northern Spanish province of Soria in the autonomous community of Castile and León . The hamlet (pedanía) Masegoso , which has been abandoned for a long time, also belongs to the municipality .

location

The place Pozalmuro is about 30 km (driving distance) east of the provincial capital Soria at an altitude of about 1050 m above sea level. d. The climate in winter is cool, but in summer it is quite warm; the low rainfall (approx. 565 mm / year) falls - with the exception of the rather poorly rainy summer months - distributed throughout the year.

Population development

year	1900	1950	2000	2016
Residents	620	450	108	66

The significant population decline in the 20th century is mainly due to the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs.

economy

In the region until the 20th century, agriculture (agriculture, cattle breeding, viticulture) was practiced almost exclusively for self-sufficiency . Since the 1970s, tourism has also played a certain role in the income of the population in the form of renting out holiday homes (casas rurales) .

history

Small Bronze Age and Roman finds were made in the municipality . The bridge over the Río Rituerto near the hamlet of Masegoso , which is on the road between Uxama (today El Burgo de Osma ) and Augustóbriga (today Muro de Ágreda ) or Turiaso (today Tarazona ) , probably also dates from Roman times . In the 8th century the Moors penetrated into the region and could only be driven out from there around the middle of the 11th century ( reconquista ) . Subsequently, the region was repopulated ( repoblación ) by Christians from the north . From the 13th to the 15th century, the region between Castile and Aragón was disputed.

Attractions

Tower in the hamlet of Masegoso

• The Iglesia de Santa María la Mayor was built in the 16th and 17th centuries. Built in the 13th century on the site of an older Romanesque church. The altarpiece is the work of the carver Pedro del Cerro from 1585.

Masegoso

• About 1 km west of the hamlet of Masegoso, a three-arched bridge crosses the often swampy terrain on both sides of the Río Rituerto. According to tradition, it is of Roman origin, where it was later repaired and renewed several times.
• Only a few meters from the ruins of the hamlet stands the approx. 20 m high Torre de Masegoso , which was probably built in Christian times and served as a guard and retreat tower . Its only access is approx. 4 m above ground level and could only be reached with the help of ladders.

Web links

Commons : Pozalmuro  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Pozalmuro, sights - photos + information (Spanish)
• Pozalmuro, sights - photos + brief 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. ↑ Pozalmuro - Map with altitude information
3. ↑ Pozalmuro - climate tables
4. ↑ Pozalmuro - population development