San Roman de Cameros

San Román de Cameros municipality
San Román de Cameros - town view
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	La Rioja
Comarca :	Tierra de Cameros
Coordinates	42 ° 14 ′  N , 2 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 14 ′  N , 2 ° 28 ′  W
Height :	850  msnm
Area :	47.5 km²
Residents :	128 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	2.69 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	26133
Municipality number  ( INE ):	26132
administration
Website :	San Roman de Cameros

San Román de Cameros is a place and a municipality ( municipio ) belonging to the populous Serranía Celtibérica with only 128 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the autonomous community of La Rioja in northern Spain .

Location and climate

The place San Román de Cameros is located on the middle course of the Río Leza almost 37 km (driving distance) south of the provincial capital Logroño at an altitude of about 850  m . Soria , the capital of the Old Castilian province bordering the Rioja to the south , is located approx. 66 km south. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 625 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter months.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2018
Residents	611	752	480	162	142

As a result of the mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the resulting lower demand for labor, the number of inhabitants in the mountain town has declined significantly since the beginning of the 20th century ( rural exodus ). The municipality also includes the almost abandoned hamlets (pedanías) Vadillos and Velilla as well as other former places (despoblados) .

economy

For centuries, the community was agriculturally oriented for the purpose of self-sufficiency , with livestock farming (milk, cheese, meat) in the foreground; Weaving products were made from the sheep's wool and could also be exchanged or sold. But fruit, vegetables and grain were also grown. Today holiday apartments (casas rurales) are rented out mainly in the summer months .

history

Celtiberian , Roman , Visigoth and even Islamic-Moorish traces of settlement were not discovered in the municipality. The high-lying area served as summer pasture for sheep and goats for centuries . A military reconquest ( reconquista ) by the Christians did not take place, but the place was gradually settled as part of the Repoblación . Since around 1040 the area belonged to García Sánchez III. created manor (señorio) of the Tierra de Cameros . The first mention of the place name comes from the late 11th century. In the Middle Ages the region was at times disputed between the kingdoms of Castile and Navarre ; In 1366, Henry of Trastamara bequeathed 40 villages to Juan Ramírez de Arellano, whose descendants, the Condes de Águilar and the Duques de Abrantes, remained landlords (señores) of the area for a long time in gratitude for services rendered . After the abolition of manorial lords in 1811, the Cameros area belonged to the Soria province and only came to the newly created Logroño province in 1833, from which the La Rioja region later emerged.

Attractions

Vadillos - Church

• The in 16./17. The single-aisled Iglesia de da Asunción , built in the 14th century on the site of a previous medieval building made of cut stone (sillería y mampostería) , is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary . In the star-vaulted interior, especially the imposing's altarpiece (retablo) worth seeing behind the main altar from the year 1740th Other altars come from the churches of abandoned villages (despoblados) in the area.
• The neo-Gothic Ermita de la Virgen del Carmen dates from 1922.
• There are several wells (fuentes) distributed throughout the village .

Vadillos

• In the hamlet of Vadillos , which still has around 20 inhabitants, the church built from small broken stones or field stones is particularly interesting. It also has a south porch (portico) that was added later .

Web links

Commons : San Román de Cameros  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• San Román de Cameros and surroundings - photos + brief information (Spanish)
• San Román de Cameros - photos + brief information (wikirioja, Spanish)
• San Román de Cameros - Quick facts (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 Román de Cameros - population development
3. ↑ San Román de Cameros - Church