Siurana (Girona)

Siurana municipality
Siurana - alley in the place
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Catalonia
Province :	Girona
Comarca :	Alt Empordà
Coordinates	42 ° 13 ′  N , 3 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 13 ′  N , 3 ° 0 ′  E
Height :	33  msnm
Area :	10.52 km²
Residents :	168 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	15.97 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	17469
Municipality number  ( INE ):	17052
administration
Official language :	Castilian , Catalan
Website :	Siurana

Siurana is a place and a municipality ( municipi ) with 168 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Girona in the autonomous region of Catalonia . It is located in the Comarca Alt Empordà .

location

The place Siurana lies on the brook Riera de Siurana at an altitude of about 33  m above sea level. d. M. The city of Figueres is located about ten kilometers (driving distance) northwest to the provincial capital Girona it is about 40 kilometers in a southwest direction. Siurana is only about eight kilometers (as the crow flies) from the Mediterranean Sea ( Golf de Roses ).

Population development

year	1960	1970	1981	1990	2000	2014
Residents	246	220	173	175	159	150

In the 19th century the community usually had well over 200 inhabitants; the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the mechanization of agriculture had little impact on the population.

economy

Above all, agriculture (grain, sunflowers, etc.), but also keeping cattle and poultry in stalls, form the livelihood of the inhabitants. Since the 1960s, tourism has developed into an important source of income in the form of vacation rental .

history

The first mention of a place called Silva Fuirana comes from the year 822, in another document from the 9th century the place name was Siveriana ; At the latest in the 11th century it became Ciurana . In the High Middle Ages the place belonged to the county of Empúries ; in 1231 one is castle ( castell ) mentioned. In the 14th century Siurana was raised to the rank of ' barony '; As such, it changed hands several times in the following centuries through sale or purchase. During the Franco-Spanish War , the place and its church were destroyed by French troops in 1653. In the years of the French Revolution (1794/95) this process was repeated again.

Attractions

• The parish church of Santa Coloma is located on the highest point of the place and was originally a building in the Romanesque style , which is mentioned in a document in 1231. After the destruction in 1653, the church was poorly repaired, but completely renewed at the end of the 18th century, whereby stones from the Romanesque building were reused - a former lintel with several crosses, which was broken in two parts, found a new place as a corner stone .
• In the immediate vicinity of the church are the sparse remains of the fort, which was largely destroyed in the 19th century.
• The facades of several houses in an alley in the medieval town center were designed with rubble stones.

Web links

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

• Siurana, church - photos + short information (catalan)
• Siurana, church - photo + info (Catalan)

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).