Villagonzalo Pedernales

Villagonzalo Pedernales municipality
Villagonzalo Pedernales - Town Hall ( ayuntamiento )
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	Alfoz de Burgos
Coordinates	42 ° 18 ′  N , 3 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 18 ′  N , 3 ° 44 ′  W
Height :	900  msnm
Area :	13.82 km²
Residents :	1,827 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	132.2 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09195
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09434
administration
Website :	Villagonzalo Pedernales

Villagonzalo Pedernales is a place and a municipality ( municipio ) with 1827 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Burgos in the northern Spanish autonomous region of Castile and León .

Location and climate

The municipality is located in a hollow of the Castilian plateau ( meseta ) at an altitude of about 900  m and is about 7 km (driving distance) in a south-westerly direction from the city of Burgos . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 570 mm / year) falls - with the exception of the rather dry summer months - over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2019
Residents	542	642	733	777	1,827

The mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms led to a loss of jobs and the migration of a large part of the population to the cities. The proximity to the city of Burgos and the comparatively cheap land prices let the population of the place grow again at the turn of the millennium.

economy

The region has been largely shaped by agriculture for centuries; People lived largely self-sufficient, but the markets of Burgos were also within reach. At the end of the 20th century, two industrial areas (poligonos industriales) were designated.

history

Iglesia San Vicente Martír

The place Pedernales belonged in the high Middle Ages to the property of the monastery of San Julián de Pedrenales . In the 13th century he came under the control of the nearby monasteries of Las Huelgas Reales and San Pedro de Cardeña . At times, the Archdiocese of Burgos also held the manor (señorio) . This situation did not change until the abolition of the monasteries and the medieval manors (desamortisación) in Spain. The name suffix Villagonzalo was only added in the 19th century; it is reminiscent of the town's most famous son, Gonzalo Téllez .

Attractions

• The two-storey town hall (ayuntamiento) is located in a former palace of the Counts of Villariezo, built in the 17th century . The facade shows a nice mixture of light-colored rubble stones and red bricks . The three-portal central risalit ends with a gable top , in which there is a stone heraldic shield .
• The three-aisled Iglesia de San Vicente with its two-storey bell gable (espadaña) and its south porch (portico) , built from precisely hewn natural stone, dates from the 16th century; however, it was redesigned in the 18th century. In the flat closed apses inside the church there are three baroque altarpieces .

Personalities

• Gonzalo Téllez (* around 870 in or near Pedernales) is referred to in a document from the year 903 as "Count of Castile".

Web links

Commons : Villagonzalo Pedernales  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Villagonzalo Pedernales - Photos + Info (wikiburgos, Spanish)
• Villagonzalo Pedernales, church - photos + information (Spanish)
• Villagonzalo Pedernales, Town Hall - Photos + Info (Spanish)
• Villagonzalo Pedernales, festivals - photos + 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. ↑ Villagonzalo Pedernales - climate tables
3. ^ Villagonzalo Pedernales - population development
4. ^ Villagonzalo Pedernales - History