Tabanera de Cerrato

Tabanera de Cerrato municipality
Tabanera de Cerrato - the townscape
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Palencia
Comarca :	El Cerrato
Coordinates	42 ° 2 ′  N , 4 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 2 ′  N , 4 ° 7 ′  W
Height :	840  msnm
Area :	46.34 km²
Residents :	135 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	2.91 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	34257
Municipality number  ( INE ):	34178
administration
Website :	Tabanera de Cerrato

Tabanera de Cerrato is a place and a northern Spanish municipality (municipio) with only 135 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile-León .

Location and climate

The place Tabanera de Cerrato is a good 8 km southeast of the Río Arlanza in the old Castilian Meseta at an altitude of about 840  m . The provincial capital Palencia is a good 44 km (driving distance) to the west; the cities of Burgos and Valladolid are approx. 63 km to the northeast and just under 82 km to the south-west. The climate in winter is cool, in summer, despite the altitude, it is temperate to warm; Precipitation (approx. 490 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2018
Residents	425	461	668	180	137

The significant population decline that has been observed since the middle of the 20th century is essentially due to the mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms and the resulting loss of jobs ( rural exodus ).

economy

In earlier times, the residents of the place and the entire region lived almost without exception as self-sufficient on the yields of their fields and house gardens; also viticulture and livestock were operated. Centuries ago, small traders, craftsmen and service providers of all kinds settled in the town itself, but they gave up their business due to the enormous decline in population. At the beginning of the 20th century, the entire region was affected by the phylloxera crisis. The community is now part of the Arlanza (DO) wine-growing region .

history

From antiquity to the Middle Ages, the region or the place experienced roughly the same history as the more famous neighboring towns of Palenzuela and Torquemada . The place name was first mentioned at the end of the 11th century. In the 15th century, the administrative area of ​​the Merindad de Cerrato emerged with Palenzuela as the main town.

Iglesia de San Esteban

Attractions

The Iglesia de San Esteban dates from the 15th / 16th centuries. Century and is dedicated to the arch martyr Stephen . The south portal with its rectangular fields and a coffered vault stands out from the overall rather unadorned building. The interior of the church has three aisles with rib vaults of the same height ( hall church ). The Romanesque baptismal font of the previous building is still preserved.

Web links

Commons : Tabanera de Cerrato  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ Tabanera de Cerrato - climate tables
3. ↑ Tabanera de Cerrato - population development
4. ↑ Tabanera de Cerrato - History
5. ↑ Tabanera de Cerrato - Church