San Juan del Monte

San Juan del Monte parish
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and Leon
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	Ribera del Duero
Coordinates	41 ° 41 ′  N , 3 ° 31 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′  N , 3 ° 31 ′  W
Height :	840  msnm
Area :	64.53 km²
Residents :	151 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	2.34 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09490
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09337
administration
Website :	Ayuntamiento de Arandilla www.arandilla.es/ Ayuntamiento de Arandilla

San Juan del Monte is a municipality ( municipio ) with 151 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the Spanish province of Burgos in the autonomous region of Castile and León .

location

San Juan del Monte is - a big exception in the region - on the southern bank of the Río Arandilla at an altitude of about 840 meters above sea level. d. M. The next larger town, Aranda de Duero , is about 16 kilometers (driving distance) to the west. It's five kilometers to the east to Peñaranda de Duero . The listed town of Coruña del Conde (17 kilometers northeast) is also worth seeing .

Population development

year	1991	2004	2012
Residents	186	167	156

In the 19th century, San Juan del Monte always had around 300 to 350 inhabitants. As a result of the mechanization of agriculture and the resulting lower demand for labor, the number of inhabitants has been declining since the middle of the 20th century.

economy

The small town was and is largely characterized by agriculture; Mainly wheat and barley are grown . San Juan del Monte is part of the Ribera del Duero wine region . Tourism (holiday apartments) has been an important source of income for the municipality since the middle of the 20th century.

history

There is hardly any information about the history of the place - it probably belonged to the places along the former border between Christian and Muslim spheres of influence that were repopulated in the 10th, 11th and 12th centuries by Christian immigrants from both the north and south of Spain ( repoblación ) or newly founded.

Attractions

• The parish church of San Juan Bautista with its south portal, which is typical of the region, dates from the 16th century. An altarpiece from the 17th century adorns the interior of the church.
• At the end of the Middle Ages, San Juan and its neighboring villages became more and more legally dependent on Peñaranda de Duero , from which they bought themselves off in 1780 against payment of an enormous sum of 2530 ducats for the poor rural communities. As a symbol of legal and administrative independence, a court column ( rollo ) was erected in San Juan del Monte .
• The hermit church ( Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Vega ), built in the 18th century, stands just outside the village. A two-storey bell gable ( espadaña ) towers over the unadorned west facade. Remnants of Roman foundations were discovered in their vicinity.

Web links

• San Juan del Monte Photos

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).