Valdilecha

Valdilecha municipality
Valdilecha - square with town hall (Casa Consistorial)
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Madrid
Province :	Madrid
Comarca :	Comarca de Las Vegas
Coordinates	40 ° 18 ′  N , 3 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 18 ′  N , 3 ° 18 ′  W
Height :	720  msnm
Area :	42.48 km²
Residents :	2,933 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	69.04 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	28511
Municipality number  ( INE ):	28165
administration
Website :	Valdilecha

Valdilecha is a place and a central Spanish rural municipality ( municipio ) with 2,933 inhabitants (as of January 1 2019) in the southeast of the community of Madrid in the transition to the autonomous region of Castile-La Mancha . The municipality belongs to the cultural landscape of the Alcarria .

Location and climate

Valdilecha is about 720  m high and is located in the Iberian Highlands ( meseta ) southeast of the Castilian Scheidegebirge . The Spanish capital Madrid is a good 45 km (driving distance) to the northwest; the town of Alcalá de Henares is about 26 km to the north. The climate in winter is temperate, while in summer it is warm to hot; the rather low amounts of precipitation (approx. 450 mm / year) fall - with the exception of the almost rainless summer months - distributed over the whole year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2001	2019
Residents	1,156	1,536	1,601	1,860	2,933

The place in the east of the Madrid region has grown significantly since the 1990s due to the creation of a new development area.

economy

The land was suitable for growing grain and other crops; Livestock farming was operated solely for the purpose of self-sufficiency. Olive trees and vines have also existed since the Romans . Surplus could be sold to traveling dealers or exchanged for other things.

history

Celtic , Roman , Visigoth and even Islamic - Moorish finds were not made. After the recapture ( reconquista ) of the city of Toledo by troops of Alfonso VI. of León in 1085 began the period of repopulation ( repoblación ) of the region with Christians from all parts of the Iberian Peninsula . There were also Christians from the south, which had been Islamically occupied for almost 400 years, who were called mudéjares and whose culture differed significantly from the traditions of the north. The place name appears for the first time in a document from Alfonso VIII from 1190. In 1556 Philip II granted the place town rights (villazgo) .

Attractions

Valdilecha - Iglesia de San Martín

• The local parish church is dedicated to St. Martin von Tours and originally comes from the 13th century. The design of the apse with alternating layers of stone in the Mudejar style and narrow windows with horseshoe arches is noteworthy . The nave , newly built in the 16th century, has three aisles ; Choir bay and apse are barrel vaulted, while the nave is spanned by wooden ceilings. In the apse calotte , the remains of a fresco of a pantocrator surrounded by a mandorla and the four symbols of the evangelists have been preserved. The lower part of the apse is decorated with overlapping arches ( sebkas ) and a series of blind arcades with horseshoe-shaped brick arches .
• To the north of the town center there are 3 chapels (ermitas) ( Ermita Cristo del Amparo , Ermita de la Virgen de la Oliva and Ermita de San José )
• A long washing area (lavadero) , also known as cattle trough (Abrevadero) was used, is located on the outskirts.

Surroundings

• In the fields one is field stone hut (chozo) with Kragsteinkuppel .

literature

• Isidoro G. Bango Torviso: Estudio histórico-artístico de la Iglesia de San Martín de Valdilecha. Diputation Provincial de Madrid, ISBN 84-500-4865-6

Web links

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

• Valdilecha, sights - photos + information (Spanish)
• Valdilecha, Sightseeing - Video (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. ↑ Valdilecha / Madrid - climate tables
3. ↑ Valdilecha - population development
4. ↑ Valdilecha - Church
5. ↑ Valdilecha - Ermita de la Virgen de la Oliva
6. ↑ Valdilecha - Ermita de San José
7. ↑ Valdilecha - washing place