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Salduero municipality
Salduero - View of the town with Río Duero
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Soria
Comarca :	Comarca de Pinares
Coordinates	41 ° 53 ′  N , 2 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′  N , 2 ° 48 ′  W
Height :	1103  msnm
Area :	2.69 km²
Residents :	143 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	53.16 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	42156
Municipality number  ( INE ):	42161
administration
Website :	www.salduero.es

Salduero refers to a place and one of the smallest municipalities in Spain with only 143 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the northwest of the province of Soria in the Autonomous Community of Castile-León . The Catholic parish belongs to the Diocese of Osma-Soria .

location

The place Salduero is located on the Río Duero in the mountain landscape in the northwest of the province of Soria at an altitude of approx. 1100 meters above sea level. d. M. The distance to the southeastern provincial capital Soria is approx. 40 kilometers (driving distance). The neighboring municipality of Molinos de Duero, which is well worth seeing, is only one kilometer away.

Population development

year	1960	1970	1981	1991	2001	2010
Residents	392	335	229	216	196	184

In the first half of the 20th century the number of inhabitants was mostly around 300. The increasing mechanization of agriculture and the resulting loss of jobs have contributed to a large extent to the significant population decline of the last decades.

economy

For centuries the place lived exclusively from agriculture, which was operated in the form of self-sufficiency . Today tourism in the form of renting out holiday homes ( casas rurales ) plays a not insignificant role for the town's income.

history

After the Arab-Moorish conquest , large areas in the north of the Iberian Peninsula were depopulated . In the 10th century began under the Castilian Count Gonzalo Téllez in the second half of the 11th century under Alfonso VI. Complete reconquest ( reconquista ), which culminated in the capture of the city of Toledo, about 250 kilometers to the southwest (1085). During this time Salduero was repopulated or repopulated ( repoblación ) by settlers from the north .

Iglesia San Juan Bautista

Ermita del Santo Cristo

Attractions

• The parish church ( Iglesia de San Juan Bautista ), which was built from field stones with the exception of the corner stones and window frames, is a single-nave building in the transitional style between late Gothic and Renaissance with a straight choir closure ; the bell tower on the north side, made entirely of stone , was not completed until 1733. The portal on the south side is protected by a covered porch ( portico ). In the single-nave interior of the church there are several baroque altars .
• The Hermit Church ( Ermita del Santo Cristo ) on the opposite bank dates from the 17th or 18th century; it has a protective porch resting on pillars and a small bell gable ( espadaña ).
• The six-arch bridge over the Duero is a work of the 19th century and was built by masons from the Basque Country , some of whom settled in Salduero after the bridge was completed.
• The artist Maximino Peña Muñoz (1863–1940), who was born in Salduero, has set up a small museum in the village.

Web links

Commons : Salduero  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Salduero, church - photo

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).