Valle de Sedano (Burgos)

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Valle de Sedano municipality
Valle de Sedano - Church
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Valle de Sedano (Burgos) (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Castile and Leon
Province : Burgos
Comarca : Páramos
Coordinates 42 ° 43 ′  N , 3 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 43 ′  N , 3 ° 45 ′  W
Height : 700  msnm
Area : 264.06 km²
Residents : 436 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 1.65 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 09142
Municipality number  ( INE ): 09905
administration
Website : Valle de Sedano
Location of the municipality
SEDANO.jpg

Valle de Sedano is one of several formerly independent villages and hamlets (Pedanías) existing municipality ( municipio ) with a total of 436 inhabitants (at January 1, 2019) in the north of the province of Burgos in northern Spain Autonomous Region of Castile and Leon . The municipal administration is located in Sedano .

Location and climate

The approx. 18 villages and hamlets of the municipality of Valle de Sedano are about 50 km (driving distance) north of the provincial capital Burgos at heights of approx. 600 to 1000  m . In the valley, which is surrounded by mountains, there are numerous streams and two rivers ( Río Moradillo and Río Rudrón ), all of which flow into the Ebro , which loops in the north of the municipality. The following villages or hamlets (Pedanías) belong to the community: Ayoluengo , Ceniceros , Cortiguera , Cubillo del Butrón , Escalada , Gredilla , Huidobro , Moradillo de Sedano , Mozuelos , Nocedo , Orbaneja del Castillo , Pesquera de Ebro , Porquera del Butrón , Quintanaloma , Quintanilla de Escalada , Sedano , Terradillos , Turzo , Valdeajos and Valdelateja . The climate is temperate to mild; Rain (approx. 725 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year 1981 1991 2001 2011
Residents 521 510 536 479

After a wave of emigration from the villages to the cities due to the abandonment of small farms and the mechanization of agriculture since the 1950s, it was decided in some regions of Spain to found new large communities.

economy

The inhabitants of the various villages and hamlets lived for centuries as a self-sufficient living from agriculture, which also included the keeping of cattle. Since the 1960s tourism has played a not insignificant role in the economic life of the municipality in the form of the rental of holiday apartments (casas rurales) .

history

Several megalithic passage graves ( dolmens ) indicate a Neolithic settlement in the area; they are mostly in the time around 3700 BC. Dated. On the other hand, no finds were discovered from the Celtic , Roman , Visigothic and Moorish times. After the reconquest ( reconquista ) , the repopulation phase ( repoblación ) began; Several Romanesque churches were built in the 12th century , but there is no trace of castles (castillos) .

The Valle de Sedano appeared as an administrative unit for the first time in the 18th century, but in its current form the municipality was only created when several localities were merged in the 1970s.

Attractions

Portal of the Church of Moradillo de Sedano
Portal of the Church of Escalada
Feldsteinhütte

Sedano

  • The single-nave parish church was built in the 15th and 15th centuries. Century and is located on a hill outside the village. The portal is - as usual in the region - on the south side.
  • The town hall is located on the small square in the center of a former aristocratic palace from the 18th century, the ground floor of which is opened by arcades .
  • There is a 19th century watermill nearby .

Moradillo de Sedano

  • The single-nave church of San Esteban was built - probably as a priory church - in the 12th century; the date 1188 has been handed down. The tympanum, protected by a modern south porch, with the representation of Christ as Pantocrator in a mandorla held by angels is of outstanding quality ; two apostles (?) sit to the side. The 24 elders of the Apocalypse are enthroned in the inner archivolt with musical instruments, scrolls etc .; the next sheet is filled with various figures (knights, mythical animals, etc.) and the outer archivolt shows acanthus leaves. A diamond rod forms the outer frame .

Escalada

Orbaneja del Castillo

  • The place is particularly impressive because of its location surrounded by rugged rock walls - an impression that is increased by a waterfall-like torrent after heavy or prolonged rainfall.
  • There are several cantilevered dry stone huts in the vicinity , which formerly served as a shelter and sleeping place for the guards over the (almost) ripe crops.

Pesquera de Ebro

  • The church of San Sebastian , built of rubble, has a simple Renaissance portal with a triangular gable and a three-part bell gable ( espadaña ) from the same period.
  • There are several houses with stone heraldic shields in the village.

Quintanilla Escalada

  • The parish church is a somewhat strange building from the 19th century.

Turzo

  • The small church of Turzo has a pretty Romanesque south portal and a bell gable.
  • Some houses are adorned with stone heraldic shields.

Web links

Commons : Valle de Sedano  - 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. ↑ Valle de Sedano - climate tables
  3. ↑ Valle de Sedano - population development