Terroba

Terroba municipality
Terroba - the townscape
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	La Rioja
Comarca :	Tierra de Cameros
Coordinates	42 ° 15 ′  N , 2 ° 27 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 15 ′  N , 2 ° 27 ′  W
Height :	800  msnm
Area :	8.84 km²
Residents :	34 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	3.85 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	26132
Municipality number  ( INE ):	26147
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Website :	Terroba

Terroba is a place and a municipality ( municipio ) belonging to the populous Serranía Celtibérica with only 34 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the autonomous community of La Rioja in northern Spain .

Location and climate

The place Terroba is located on the middle reaches of the Río Leza about 32 km (driving distance) south of the provincial capital Logroño at an altitude of about 800  m . Soria , the capital of the Old Castilian province bordering the Rioja to the south , is a good 70 km south. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 585 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2018
Residents	168	183	100	32	30th

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 ).

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 . 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.

Terroba - Ermita

Attractions

• The in 16./17. The single-nave Iglesia de Santa Eulalia , built in the 14th century on the site of a previous medieval building made of cut stone (sillería y mampostería) , is St. Dedicated to Eulalia of Mérida . It has a bell tower (campanario) with a side stair tower. In the star-vaulted interior especially the impressive impressed altarpiece (retablo) behind the main altar.
• There are several chapels (ermitas) spread across the town .

Web links

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

• Terroba - photos + short information (spanish)
• Terroba - photos + short information (wikirioja, spanish)
• Terroba - short information (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. ↑ Terroba - climate tables
3. ↑ Terroba - population development