Vianos

Vianos municipality
Vianos - Iglesia de San Sebastián
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile-La Mancha
Province :	Albacete
Comarca :	Sierra de Alcaraz
Coordinates	38 ° 38 ′  N , 2 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 38 ′  N , 2 ° 30 ′  W
Height :	1120  msnm
Area :	128.04 km²
Residents :	346 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	2.7 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	02315
Municipality number  ( INE ):	02076
administration
Website :	Vianos

Vianos is a place and a municipality (municipio) consisting of the main town and several individual farmsteads with a total of 346 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the southwest of the province of Albacete in the autonomous region of Castile-La Mancha .

location

The place Vianos lies in the middle of the mountain landscape of the Sierra de Alcaraz approx. 90 km (driving distance) southwest of the provincial capital Albacete at an altitude of approx. 1120 m above sea level. d. The climate in winter is cool, but in summer it is quite warm; the low amounts of precipitation (approx. 500 mm / year) fall - with the exception of the almost rainless summer months - distributed over the whole year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2016
Residents	1,922	2.158	1,760	505	368

The continuous population decline since the 1870s is mainly due to the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs.

economy

Vianos is located in the mountainous and wooded Sierra de Alcaraz, which is mainly used for cattle breeding. In the past, cereals, vines, etc. were also planted for self-sufficiency ; Vegetables came from the house gardens. Cattle breeding (in the past mainly sheep and goats, today mostly cattle) and forestry (especially the extraction of charcoal ) were also operated. Today there are several quarries whose material is used in road construction. Small traders, craftsmen and service providers of all kinds have settled in the village. Since the last decades of the 20th century, rural tourism (turismo rural) has played an increasingly important role in the economic life of the municipality.

history

The history of the mountain village is closely linked to that of Alcaraz . The former center of Villanos was about 3 km away from today's place.

Attractions

The walls of the Iglesia de San Sebastián , built in the 16th century, are stabilized by buttresses . The single nave interior is spanned by an open roof structure ; in the apse there is a rather simple altarpiece .

Surroundings

There are numerous hiking trails in the vicinity of the village.

Web links

Commons : Vianos  - 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. ↑ Vianos - map with altitude information
3. ↑ Vianos - climate tables
4. ^ Vianos - population development
5. ↑ Vianos - Tourism
6. ↑ Vianos - History