Vianos
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![]() Vianos - Iglesia de San Sebastián
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coat of arms | Map of Spain | |
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Castile-La Mancha | |
Province : | Albacete | |
Comarca : | Sierra de Alcaraz | |
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 | |
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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
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Vianos - map with altitude information
- ↑ Vianos - climate tables
- ^ Vianos - population development
- ↑ Vianos - Tourism
- ↑ Vianos - History