San Martín de Rubiales

San Martín de Rubiales municipality
San Martín de Rubiales - town view
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and Leon
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	Ribera del Duero
Coordinates	41 ° 39 ′  N , 4 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 39 ′  N , 4 ° 0 ′  W
Height :	800  msnm
Area :	19.4 km²
Residents :	143 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	7.37 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09317
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09339
administration
Website :	San Martín de Rubiales

San Martín de Rubiales is a place and a municipality (municipio) with only 143 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the southwest of the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile and León .

Location and climate

The place San Martín de Rubiales is located in the Castilian plateau ( meseta ) about 500 m north of the Duero and about 95 km (driving distance) southwest of the provincial capital Burgos at an altitude of about 800  m . The town of Aranda de Duero is about 31 km to the east; the lovely town of Peñafiel is just under 15 km southwest. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 445 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2018
Residents	1,038	939	759	262	141

The phylloxera crisis in viticulture and later the mechanization of agriculture as well as the abandonment of small farms have led to a lack of jobs since the 1850s and, as a result, to an emigration of a large part of the population to the cities ( rural exodus ).

economy

For centuries, the region was dominated by agriculture almost exclusively for the purpose of self-sufficiency ; Animal husbandry and viticulture were also of great importance . Long-life or preserved food such as grain , cheese , sausage, etc. could be bartered or sold at the markets in Aranda de Duero; the region's wine was shipped to Central and Northern Europe. The community is now part of the Ribera del Duero wine region .

history

Finds from the Celtic , Roman , Visigothic and even Islamic-Moorish times have not yet been made in the municipality. At the end of the 9th century the area was recaptured ( reconquista ) and repopulated ( repoblación ) by Diego Rodríguez Porcelos (ruled 873–885), the second count of Castile and founder of Burgos . The founding of a hospital by Alfonso VIII of Castile near the bridge over the Duero is documented in 1200 .

San Martín de Rubiales - Bodegas and Iglesia

Attractions

• The Iglesia de San Martín , dating from the 16th century, was originally single-nave; In the 17th century, the building was supplemented by another nave and the bell tower (campanario) with a side stair tower was completed. Inside it has a statue of Our Lady from the 16th century.
• The Ermita de San Juan dates from 1708. The altar shows an image of the Virgin of Fátima .
• On the outskirts, numerous rock cellars ( bodegas ) have been carved out of the crumbly rock.

Web links

Commons : San Martín de Rubiales  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• San Martín de Rubiales - Photos + Info (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. ↑ San Martín de Rubiales - climate tables
3. ↑ San Martín de Rubiales - population development
4. ↑ San Martín de Rubiales - Church
5. ↑ San Martín de Rubiales - Church