Santibáñez del Val

Municipality of Santibáñez del Val
Santibáñez del Val - Church
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	Arlanza
Coordinates	41 ° 58 ′  N , 3 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 58 ′  N , 3 ° 29 ′  W
Height :	940  msnm
Area :	14.96 km²
Residents :	48 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	3.21 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09348
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09356
administration
Website :	Santibáñez del Val

Santibáñez del Val is a place and a municipality ( municipio ) belonging to the poorly populated Serranía Celtibérica with 48 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the Spanish province of Burgos in the autonomous region of Castile-León . The place is on the Camino del Cid and on the Ruta de la Lana coming from Alicante and Valencia , a once important trade and pilgrimage route.

Location and climate

The place Santibáñez del Val is located in the Castilian plateau (meseta) on the Río Mataviejas at the foot of the 1392 m high Peña Cervera about 53 km (driving distance) southeast of the city of Burgos at an altitude of a good 940  m . The lovely town of Covarrubias is only 13 km to the north-west; the Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos is located only 6 km to the east. Despite the altitude, the climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 525 mm / year) falls - with the exception of the rather dry summer months - over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2019
Residents	267	231	233	63	48

The mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the resulting lower demand for labor have led to a significant decline in the number of inhabitants since the middle of the 20th century ( rural exodus ).

economy

The place was and is largely agricultural and self- sufficient, with cattle breeding and dairy farming dominating; wheat and barley are grown in some fields in the area. Day tourism within Spain has been an important source of income for the community since the middle of the 20th century.

history

In the Middle Ages the place belonged to a larger community association (Alfoz de Tabladillo) .

Attractions

Santibáñez del Val

Barriosuso Church

• The single-nave Iglesia de San Juan Bautista was built in the late 18th century, probably on the site of a previous building; the externally unadorned building has a bell tower (campanario) on the south side of the facade. Inside there is a sculpture with the realistic scene of the beheading of John the Baptist .
• In the center there are still several badly dilapidated stone houses.

Barriosuso

• The hamlet of Barriosuso , located approx. 1 km to the south and incorporated in the early 19th century, has long since been abandoned. The Romanesque church ( Ermita de Santa Cecilia ) is one of the attractions of the region, which is rich in sights.

Web links

Commons : Santibáñez del Val  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Santibañez del Val - photos + brief information (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. ↑ Santibáñez del Val - Camino del Cid
3. ↑ Santibáñez del Val - Climate tables
4. ↑ Santibáñez del Val - Population development