Tramacastilla

Tramacastilla municipality
Tramacastilla - the townscape
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Teruel
Comarca :	Sierra de Albarracín
Coordinates	40 ° 26 ′  N , 1 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 26 ′  N , 1 ° 34 ′  W
Height :	1260  msnm
Area :	24.81 km²
Residents :	103 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	4.15 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	44112
Municipality number  ( INE ):	44235
administration
Website :	Tramacastilla

Tramacastilla is a place and a municipality ( municipio ) with 103 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the southwest of the province of Teruel in the autonomous region of Aragon in eastern central Spain .

Location and climate

The place Tramacastilla is on the upper reaches of the Río Guadalaviar in the south of the Iberian Mountains about 53 km (driving distance) northwest of the city of Teruel at an altitude of about 1260  m . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 520 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	453	432	358	124	107

The mechanization of agriculture as well as the abandonment of small farms and the resulting loss of jobs led to a significant population decline ( rural exodus ) in the second half of the 20th century .

economy

For centuries the community lived exclusively from growing grain ( barley and wheat ), which was mainly operated for self-sufficiency ; livestock farming (sheep, goats, chickens) also took place to a small extent. The place Tramacastilla served as a mercantile, artisanal and cultural center for the hamlets (pedanías) and individual farms (fincas) in its vicinity, which have now mostly disappeared . Today agriculture still plays the most important role; There is hardly any income from tourism.

history

In the 1st millennium BC Celtiberian tribal groups of the Lobetans probably settled in the region . Roman and Visigoth traces have not yet been discovered. During the phase of the gradual collapse of the Caliphate of Cordoba , the Berber dynasty of the Banu Racin founded a short-lived Taifa emirate with the capital Albarracín . In the early 13th century the place became Christian.

Attractions

church

• The Iglesia de Santa Ana had a previous building, of which the basement of the bell tower is still preserved. The current three-aisled building dates from the end of the 17th century. The central nave has a stitch cap vault , the side aisles are groin vaulted .
• The Ermita de Santa María Magdalena is on the outskirts; it is a small quarry stone building from the early 18th century.
• The Ermita de San Sebastián (also San Roque ) may date from the 16th century; it is in the local cemetery.

Web links

Commons : Tramacastilla  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tramacastilla, sights - photos + 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. ↑ Tramacastilla - climate tables
3. ↑ Tramacastilla - Population Development
4. ↑ Tramacastilla Church
5. ↑ Tramacastilla Church
6. ↑ Tramacastilla - Ermita de Santa María Magdalena
7. ↑ Tramacastilla - Ermita de San Sebastián