Burgos Province

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Burgos
Castile and Leon ,  Spain
Coat of arms of the province of Burgos
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Castile and Leon
Capital : Burgos
Official language : Spanish
Area : 14,291 km²
Residents : 356,958 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 24.98 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 : ES-BU
Website : burgos.es
Location of the province of Burgos
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Burgos is a province in the north of Spain in the autonomous region of Castile and León . The province has 356,958 inhabitants (as of 2019) on an area of ​​approx. 14,291.05 km². The capital is the city of the same name, Burgos .

geography

In the north, the foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains separate the province of Burgos from the autonomous regions of Cantabria and Basque Country . To the east, Burgos is bordered by the La Rioja region , to the south by the provinces of Segovia and Soria , to the southwest by the province of Valladolid and to the west by Palencia . The province of Burgos also in the Basque province belongs Álava lying exclave Condado de Treviño with 1,342 inhabitants (2019) and an area of 260.71 square kilometers. Other large cities besides the capital Burgos are Aranda de Duero and Miranda de Ebro .

mountains

A plateau ( meseta ) stretches from the Cantabrian Mountains in the north to the Duero ; most places are at an altitude of around 800  m . In the east and southeast of the province the Sierra de la Demanda forms the border of the province; it is part of the Iberian Mountains , with San Millán (2132 m) as the highest mountain in the province - many places here are located at altitudes over 1000  m .

Rivers

The Duero River in the south and the Ebro in the east flow through the province of Burgos ; the Río Arlanza , the Río Arlanzón , the Río Esgueva and the Río Oca are also important.

Population development of the province

year 1857 1900 1950 2000 2018
Residents 333.356 338,828 397.048 348.934 355.473

Despite economic crises ( phylloxera and powdery mildew crisis in viticulture, mechanization of agriculture , closure of small farms, etc.), the total population of the province has remained essentially constant. Only the southeast of the province belongs to the poorly populated Serranía Celtibérica .

Biggest places

local community Residents
(January 1, 2019)
Burgos 175.821
Miranda de Ebro 35,522
Aranda de Duero 32,856
Briviesca 6,595
Medina de Pomar 5,728
Villarcayo de Merindad de Castilla la Vieja 4,097
Valle de Mena 3,726

economy

The province of Burgos is largely characterized by agriculture and livestock, which until the middle of the 20th century was mainly carried out for the purpose of self-sufficiency . It was not until the infrastructure was improved in the first half of the 20th century that supra-regional markets emerged; the second half of the 20th century was characterized by the increasing development of the service sector.

Attractions

The province of Burgos has numerous but generally poorly preserved megalithic monuments from the Neolithic Age . The city of Clunia dates from Roman times and the church of Santa María de Quintanilla de las Viñas has been preserved from the Visigoths . The Moors who lived here in the 8th and 9th centuries left no architectural evidence. After their expulsion ( reconquista ) , new Christian settlers came from Central and Southern Europe ( repoblación ) . The area experienced a new heyday in the High Middle Ages - numerous Romanesque churches emerged, some of which had a south porch (portico) (e.g. Santa Cecilia (Barriosuso) , Jaramillo de la Fuente ). From the 15th to 17th centuries, many churches were rebuilt in the Gothic style ; the Isabelline and Plateresque styles also emerged . Structural changes during the Baroque period are rather rare, but the vast majority of churches - even in rural areas - have gilded carved altars ( retablos ) from this period.

In addition to the larger cities of Burgos, Miranda de Ebro and Aranda de Duero, there are other high-profile sights in the province of Burgos - the world-famous Benedictine monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos , which, together with the small towns of Lerma and Covarrubias, forms the so-called "triangle of Arlanza " (Triangulo de Arlanza) forms. But also places like Frías , Briviesca , Medina de Pomar and others are worth seeing. The main route of the Way of St. James (Camino de Santiago) runs across the province.

Web links

Commons : Province of Burgos  - 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. ^ Province of Burgos - population development
  3. ↑ 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).
  4. ^ Province of Burgos - Megalithic Monuments

Coordinates: 42 ° 22 ′  N , 3 ° 37 ′  W