Villada (Spain)

Villada municipality
Villada - Church of San Fructuoso
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Palencia
Comarca :	Tierra de Campos
Coordinates	42 ° 15 ′  N , 4 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 15 ′  N , 4 ° 58 ′  W
Height :	795  msnm
Area :	64.87 km²
Residents :	934 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	14.4 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	34340
Municipality number  ( INE ):	34206
administration
Website :	Villada

Villada is a town in northern Spain and a municipality ( municipio ) with 934 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the far west of the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile and León .

location

The place Villada is located on the Río Sequillo in the northeast of the Comarca Tierra de Campos in the Castilian plateau at an altitude of about 795 m above sea level. d. M. The provincial capital Palencia is just 50 km (driving distance) to the southeast; the at St. James ( French Way Town preferred) Sahagún is only just over 16 km in a north-westerly direction. The climate in winter is quite cold, but in summer it is warm to hot; the sparse rainfalls (approx. 490 mm / year) fall throughout the year.

Population development

year	1842	1900	1950	2000	2016
Residents	2,216	2,695	2.174	1,290	1.008

The population decline in the 20th century is largely due to the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs. The municipality also includes the hamlets of Pozuelos del Rey , Villelga and Villemar , each with around 10 to 30 inhabitants.

economy

The farming on the fertile clay and loess soils of the Tierra de Campos and the keeping of small livestock (especially chickens) formed the livelihood of the self-sufficient population of the region for centuries ; Since the Middle Ages, handicrafts, retail trade and service companies of all kinds have also developed.

history

In pre-Roman times the region belonged to the settlement area of ​​the Celtic tribe of the Vaccaeans ; Later came the Romans and Visigoths and in the 8th century the area was overrun by the Moors - however, none of the four cultures left any archaeologically usable traces in the formerly possibly forested area. Already in the 9th century Asturian-Leonese army conquered the areas north of the Duero back ( reconquista ) . At the end of the 10th century, the Moorish military leader Almansor temporarily wiped out the Christian successes, but in the 11th century the Kingdom of León expanded its territory again to the Duero border. After previous attempts, León finally united with the Kingdom of Castile in 1230 , but there were repeated clashes. The place experienced its heyday in the late Middle Ages and in the early modern period.

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small marshy lake ( pantano ) near Villada

Attractions

Hamlet of Villelga

• The exterior of the completely unadorned Iglesia de San Fructuoso was built entirely of bricks in the 17th century in the Mudéjar tradition . The three-aisled interior is vaulted; over the crossing , a rising on pendentives resting dome with lantern . Above the rectangular apse a is baroque vault with lateral lunettes tensioned; the carved high altar with Solomonic columns comes from the late baroque; in the left outer wall is the tomb of a bishop. Behind the high altar is a small but very richly decorated chapel in honor of Our Lady. In the north aisle there is a Gothic crucifix from the 13th century.
• The three-aisled parish church of Santa María de la Asunción is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and dates from around 1800; the interior is decorated with three altarpieces and several individual figures, including a Pietà from the 16th century.
• The Ermita de Cristo de la Hera and the Ermita de la Virgen del Río are located on the outskirts and each contain rich baroque furnishings.

Surroundings

• The small parish churches in the hamlets of Villelga and Villemar have also been preserved.

Web links

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

• Villada, sights - photos + brief information (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. ^ Villada - map with altitude information
3. ↑ Villada - climate tables
4. ^ Villada - population development
5. ↑ Villada - Church of San Fructuoso