Umbrías

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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Castile and Leon
Province : Ávila
Comarca : Alto Tormes
Coordinates 40 ° 19 ′  N , 5 ° 35 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 19 ′  N , 5 ° 35 ′  W
Height : 1110  msnm
Area : 11.69 km²
Residents : 99 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 8.47 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 05693
Municipality number  ( INE ): 05249
administration
Website : Umbrías

Umbrías is a western Spanish mountain village and municipality ( municipio ) with a total of 99 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the southwest of the province of Ávila in the autonomous community of Castile-León .

Location and climate

The place Umbrías is located on the upper reaches of the Río Tormes on the north side of the Iberian Scheidegebirge at an altitude of about 1110  m . The city of Ávila is a good 97 km (driving distance) to the northeast; the small town of El Barco de Ávila is only a good 10 km northeast. The climate in winter is cool, in summer it is quite warm despite the altitude; Precipitation - sometimes in the form of snow - (approx. 540 mm / year) mainly falls in the winter half-year.

Population development

year 1857 1900 1950 2000 2017
Residents 354 696 895 157 105

In addition to the main town, the municipality includes several almost abandoned hamlets (pedanías) and farms (fincas) with a total of approx. 40 inhabitants. The enormous population decline ( rural exodus ) that has been observed since the middle of the 20th century is mainly due to the mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the associated loss of jobs.

economy

Agriculture (especially cattle breeding) has traditionally played the most important role in the community's formerly self-sufficient economy. Sheep wool and flax used to be spun and woven in the winter months. Since the last decades of the 20th century, income from tourism has been added in the form of renting holiday apartments (casas rurales) .

history

In the first millennium BC The municipality belonged to the settlement area of ​​the Celtic Vettons . Roman , Visigoth and even Arabic-Moorish traces are missing. In the 10th and 11th centuries, the region was probably recaptured by the Leonese kings more or less without a fight ( reconquista ) and then repopulated ( repoblación ) .

Attractions

Fountain and cattle trough (abrevadero)
  • The new church of San Martín Obispo , built in the 1980s, is dedicated to Martin of Tours, who is venerated as a saint . The outer and inner walls as well as the bell carrier on the side of the church consist largely of natural stone. Inside there is a carved crucifix and an equestrian figure of Martin dividing his coat.
  • In the village there is a well with a connected livestock watering (Abrevadero) .

Web links

Commons : Umbrías  - 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. ↑ Umbrías - climate tables
  3. ↑ Umbrías - population development